10. Rhenumis-Auktion

Description

5.730 g. Ambiani, AV stater (5, 73 g), approximate 56-55 from Chr, stock character from the Gallic war. Aversum: to the right vertical horse, above trio with Pellets and "charioteer's coat of arms", at the bottom crescent and Pellets flanked from retrograde S left and right, [darunter line with crescents and Pellets]. Reverse: : bare. Dese coins were of the coalition the Gaullic tribes issued, about the war against Julius Caesar in Gaul to to bankroll. The void reverse side is probable a note on quantity and haste, in that the coins embossed were. The Ambiani even, which these coins ascribed become, inhabited the area of the Somme Valley and should ten thousand warriors against caesar arranged have. Your main place Samarobriva, the later 'Ambiani' and 'Civitas Ambianensium' called war, should be at the point of the current Amiens short attests have. D&T 242 var. LT 8704 var. ABC 16, rare, very fine to extremly fine.