Augustus - with Divus Julius Caesar and AGrippa, very rare and historicaly important issue (JUN2652)
New
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Celts - Gaul - Northeast Gaul / Ambiani - AV Stater (Gallic War issue c. 56-55 BC, 6.10 g) - Plain bulge / Disjointed horse right, crescents and pellets around (cf. DT 238 / LT 8710 / Van Arsdell 54-1) - VF+.
These staters were issued by the coalition of Gallic tribes to fund the war against Julius Caesar in Gaul. The blank obverse is likely an indication of the vast quantity that were struck and the haste in which they were made. The Ambiani themselves, to whom these issues are attributed, occupied the Somme valley area and were said to have fielded ten thousand warriors against Caesar. Their chief town Samarobriva, afterwards called Ambiani and Civitas Ambianensium, is thought to have been on the site of modern-day Amiens.