AMBIANI

The Ambiani ‘the people around [the two banks of the Somme]’ were a tribe of Belgica in northern France. Their capital was Ambianum, called Samarobriva in Roman times and Amiens today.

Gallo-Belgic Broad Flan. Right Type. Sills Gallo-Belgic Aa2, class 2b, dies 7/7. Ambiani. c.115-100 BC. Gold quarter stater. 14mm. 1.63g. Elaborate wreathed head facing right./ Horse facing right, rosette below. ABC 28, LT 7879, VA 15-17, Sills 274, S 6. VF, golden gold. Ex Joseph Fay collection. RARE.       Was £450. Now only £400

See John Sills Gaulish and early British gold coinage (Spink 2003), p.128, fig. 28f. Classes 2a and 2b both equate to stater class 2.