Ambiani Material: Gold Weight: 6.18 g Diameter: 17.00 mm Obverse: Anepigraphic, smooth Reverse: Anepigraphic, disjointed horse to the right, flanked by ringlets, crescents, and pellets; in the exergue, a decoration of opposed pointed semicircles. Commentary: Superb stater, perfectly centered. Collection patina. This stater was issued by the coalition of Gallic tribes to finance the war against Julius Caesar in Gaul. The Ambiani themselves, to whom these issues are attributed, occupied the Somme Valley and are said to have fielded ten thousand warriors against Caesar. Their chief town, Samarobriva, later called Ambiani and then Civitas Ambianensium, is believed to have been located on the site of present-day Amiens. Shipping only into EU