ANCIENT GREEK COINS

The Celtic World

Coins struck by the ancient Celtic cultures from all parts of the ancient world.
We include the Celtic imitative coins on this page.

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IBERIAN CELTIC Castulo in Spain AE 20 1st century BC 18.3 x 20.1 mm gVF, attractive patination Order # grceltic62	CELTIC GAUL Andecavi tribe Silver oblal 80 to 50 BC 9.9 x 11.2 mm Fine/VF slightly off-center $135.00 Order # grceltic63
CELTIC GAUL *Very Important Coin* Quinarius depicting Morrigan (Morgan le Fay of the Arthurian legends) Late 2nd to 1st century BC Fine/VF obverse sl. off-center $675.00 Order # grceltic64	CELTIC GAUL Carnutes Tribe Pixtilos "RARE TYPE" AE 16 40 to 30 BC F rough with minor flaking $165.00 Order # grceltic65
CELTIC GAUL Senones Tribe Cast Potin 100 to 50 BC aVF better than image Order # grceltic66

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CELTIC COINS

The Celts included several groups of Iron Age tribal people occupying much of northern Europe, Spain, Gaul and the British Isles. They were very late to issue coins, probably having no need for coins until contact with southern Europeans and their trade goods created a need for them.

With no domestic coinage of their own, the early Celtic coins often imitated Greek coins of the people they traded with, especially Macedonian coins of Philip II, Alexander the Great and Philip III, but gradually modifying signs to suit Celtic artistic tastes. Over time the origins of the designs become almost unrecogizable and the coins become almost purely Celtic.

BRITISH CELTIC

FRENCH (GAUL) CELTIC

The Volcae Tectosages were a people from the Eastern Danubian region who some time prior to 300 BC settled around Carscassonne in South West Gaul.

DANUBIAN CELTIC

The Danubian Celts occupied the area around the Danube River which separated ancient Thrace and Dacia. Much of their coinage was inspired by that of Alexander the Great and his successors, probably minted in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. Later, during the late 2nd and 1st century BC, they also imitated the issues of Thrace and Macedonia.

PANNONIAN, CELTIC

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