Coins from Gaul

Coinage appeared in Gaul in the 6th century BC in the Greek colony of Massalia. Gradually, coinage spread among the peoples bordering the Rhone Valley. The typically Gallic coin made its appearance in the 4th century BC but remains relatively rare, not having been minted in very large numbers, and its identification is also often difficult. Each Gallic people was independent from the point of view of coinage, some more productive than others. The coins of the various peoples thus have very different styles, from the most rustic to the most elaborate, but are related to the style of Celtic art: they represent animals, stylized humans, geometric shapes and are most often anepigraphic. But under the influence of trade and mercenarism with the Greeks, many coins also copied Greek types, notably Philip II of Macedon. The coins inspired by these Staters take up Philip's profile and the original quadriga, whose stylization gradually evolves. The initial legend, misunderstood by Gallic engravers, sometimes turns into a geometric pattern and often ends up disappearing. Peoples with gold mines, such as the Arverni, strike Staters that are a means of asserting their sovereignty and power. The Roman conquest from the 2nd century BC (Narbonensis and Cisalpine first, then Celtica, Aquitania, Belgica and Armorica in the 1st century BC) is followed by a coinage evolution: Latin letters gradually replace Greek letters and we see the heads of gods or goddesses or eagles that appear. Local types disappeared in the 1st century AD, with Roman domination.

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Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Adriatic Veneti

Drachm
(200 BC - 175 BC)

Silver • 2.51 g • ⌀ 13 mm
CCCBM 1# II-S71, N# 194655

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Cenomani

Drachm
(200 BC - 101 BC)

Silver • 3.43 g
SNG Budapest 1.1# 235, CCCBM 1# II-6, LT# 2126 var., N# 194656

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Insubri

Heavy Drachm
(225 BC - 175 BC)

Silver • 3.49 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 194652

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Lepontii

Drachm
(250 BC - 200 BC)

Silver • 2.42 g
N# 194657

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Ligures

Drachm DIKOI
(120 BC - 89 BC)

Silver • 2.16 g
LT# 2169, CCCBM 1# II-26, N# 194659
Obol
(150 BC - 80 BC)

Silver • 0.75 g
CCCBM 1# II-S95, N# 194658

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Uncertain Cisalpine Gallic tribes

Drachm
(250 BC - 200 BC)

Silver • 3.33 g
CCCBM 1# II-7, N# 194660

Gaul › Gallia Aquitania › Elusates

Drachm with horse
(300 BC - 100 BC)

Silver • 2.96 g • ⌀ 18 mm
LT# 3587, GCV# 82, N# 47896

Gaul › Gallia Aquitania › Sotiates

Drachm with the curly head
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Silver • 2.98 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 3015 var., N# 156013
Drachm with flower or trefoil
(100 BC - 56 BC)

Silver • 3.10 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 3351, N# 79887

Gaul › Gallia Aquitania › Uncertain Aquitania Gallic tribes

Drachm
(240 BC - 220 BC)

Silver • 4 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
N# 99774

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Abrincatui

¼ Silver Stater
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Silver • 1.20 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 2271 var., LT# J 10, N# 5854

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Andecavi

Stater
(120 BC - 80 BC)

Electrum • 7.06 g • ⌀ 21 mm
LT# 6529, DT# 2180, N# 329972
Obol
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Billon • 0.48 g • ⌀ 13 mm
LT# 6463, N# 160593

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Aulerci Cenomani

Denier or Quinarius with helmeted head and carnyxes
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Silver • 1 g • ⌀ 11.5 mm
LT# 5980, DT# 2369, GCV# 112, N# 329934
Gold Stater with anthropomorphic horse and winged figure
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 7.65 g • ⌀ 21 mm
LT# 6823, DT# 2146, N# 342457
Gold Stater with anthropomorphic horse
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 7.7 g • ⌀ 21 mm
LT# 6852, DT# 2142, N# 342486
¼ Gold Stater
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 1.8 g • ⌀ 13 mm
DT# 2155, LT# 6861, N# 376193

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Aulerci Diablites

Gold Stater with hippocampus
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Silver • 7.56 g • ⌀ 20.4 mm
DT# 6162, LT# 6804, N# 338167
Silver Stater with situla
(100 BC - 40 BC)

Silver • 5.65 g • ⌀ 20 mm
DT# 2169-2170, LT# 6493, N# 329933

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Aulerci Eburovices

¼ Stater with tattooed cheek and wolf
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 1.67 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 2396, N# 347665
½ Stater with wolf and kneeling charioteer
(150 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 3.52 g
DT# 2386, LT# 7170, N# 357619
½ Stater with tattooed cheek and wolf
(150 BC - 50 BC)

Gold • 3.4 g • ⌀ 20 mm
DT# 2394, N# 357740
½ Stater with boars facing left
(110 BC - 60 BC)

Electrum • 3.29 g • ⌀ 17 mm
DT# 2406-2407, N# 391572
Potin with boar (heavy type)
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Pewter • 4.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3504, N# 52164
Bronze with boar
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Bronze • ⌀ 23 mm
DT# 462 ; 2457, N# 57865
½ Stater with boars and beaded ringlet
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Electrum • 2.85 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 2401, N# 309641
Bronze with horse and boar
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Bronze • 3.92 g • ⌀ 18.9 mm
DT# 2451, LT# 7037, N# 325463
Available for swap Potin with boar
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Pewter • 2.5 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 2480, N# 69574
½ Stater with boar
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Bronze • 4 g • ⌀ 17 mm
LT# 7021, N# 196769
Bronze au cheval
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Bronze • 2.09 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
LT# 7034, DT# 2459-2461, N# 374900

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Bodiocasses

Boar Stater (Figurative Style)
(200 BC - 50 BC)

Billon • 6.09 g • ⌀ 20 mm
DT# 2262, LT# 6967, GCV# 109, N# 351670
Boar Stater (Geometric Style)
(200 BC - 50 BC)

Billon • 5.4 g • ⌀ 22.5 mm
DT# 2264, N# 329930
Stater with lyre
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Billon • 6.39 g • ⌀ 21 mm
DT# 2284, LT# 6985, N# 357670

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Carnutes

¼ Stater with flowering branch
(100 BC - 52 BC)

1.7 g • ⌀ 12 mm
DT# 2559, N# 146009
Gold Stater with facing head
(200 BC - 100 BC)

Gold • 7.45 g • ⌀ 20.4 mm
LT# cf.4543, DT# 2013, N# 232558
Bronze with birds and snake
(100 BC - 1 BC)

Bronze • 3.07 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
LT# 6088, DT# 2582, GCV# 114, N# 153531
Bronze with eagle and cross
(100 BC - 1 BC)

Bronze • 2.50 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 6108, DT# 2577, DT# 2578, CCCBM 1# 140, N# 153530
Bronze with rider
(100 BC - 1 BC)

Bronze • 3.51 g • ⌀ 16.5 mm
LT# 7081, DT# 2471, N# 150630
Bronze with eagle and wheel
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Bronze • 2.76 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
DT# 2580, LT# 6117, N# 190813
Potin with diabolical head and wolf
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Potin • 4.49 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 2612, N# 193728
Bronze with eagle and amphora CATAL
(80 BC - 52 BC)

Bronze • 2.5 g • ⌀ 16.5 mm
DT# 2589, LT# 6329, N# 48855
Bronze with lion and boar CATAL
(60 BC - 25 BC)

Potin • 3.76 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 2592, LT# 6331, GCV# 113, N# 351691
Bronze with wolf (head to right)
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Bronze • 3.17 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
LT# 6188, DT# 2608, N# 394011
Bronze with lion COIIAT
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Bronze • 1.80 g • ⌀ 13.80 mm
LT# 6314, N# 195553
Bronze with attacking Griffin
(40 BC - 30 BC)

Bronze • 5.1 g
DT# 2465, LT# 7064, N# 47101
Bronze with wolf and lizard
(40 BC - 30 BC)

Bronze • 4.2 g
DT# 2466, LT# 7095, N# 47106
Bronze with bird in the temple
(40 BC - 30 BC)

Bronze • 2.8 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 2472, LT# 5405, N# 47153
Bronze with the Seated Goddess (Class V)
(40 BC - 30 BC)

Bronze • 3.29 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 7058, DT# 2469, N# 224433

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