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)

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

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Cenomani

Drachm
(200 BC - 101 BC)

Standard circulation coin
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)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.49 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 194652

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Lepontii

Drachm
(250 BC - 200 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.42 g
N# 194657

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Ligures

Obol
(150 BC - 80 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.75 g
CCCBM 1# II-S95, N# 194658
Drachm DIKOI
(120 BC - 89 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.16 g
LT# 2169, CCCBM 1# II-26, N# 194659

Gaul › Cisalpine Gaul › Uncertain Cisalpine Gallic tribes

Drachm
(250 BC - 200 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.33 g
CCCBM 1# II-7, N# 194660
Drachm with Apollo head
(225 BC - 175 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.65 g
N# 194664

Gaul › Gallia Aquitania › Elusates

Drachm with horse
(300 BC - 100 BC)

Standard circulation coin
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)

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

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

Gaul › Gallia Aquitania › Uncertain Aquitania Gallic tribes

Drachm
(240 BC - 220 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
N# 99774

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Abrincatui

¼ Silver Stater
(60 BC - 50 BC)

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

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Andecavi

Stater
(120 BC - 80 BC)

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

Standard circulation coin
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)

Standard circulation coin
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)

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

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

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

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Aulerci Diablites

Silver Stater with situla
(100 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.65 g • ⌀ 20 mm
DT# 2169-2170, LT# 6493, N# 329933
Gold Stater with hippocampus
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 7.56 g • ⌀ 20.4 mm
DT# 6162, LT# 6804, N# 338167

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Aulerci Eburovices

½ Stater with wolf and kneeling charioteer
(150 BC - 50 BC)

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

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

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

Standard circulation coin
Pewter • 4.7 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3504, N# 52164
¼ Stater with tattooed cheek and wolf
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.67 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 2396, N# 347665
Bronze with boar
(60 BC - 50 BC)

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

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

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

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

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

Standard circulation coin
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)

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

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

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

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Carnutes

Gold Stater with facing head
(200 BC - 100 BC)

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

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

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

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.51 g • ⌀ 16.5 mm
LT# 7081, DT# 2471, N# 150630
¼ Stater with flowering branch
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
1.7 g • ⌀ 12 mm
DT# 2559, N# 146009
Bronze with eagle and wheel
(100 BC - 52 BC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Standard circulation coin: PIXTILOS
Bronze • 3.29 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 7058, DT# 2469, N# 224433

The Numista referee for coins of this issuer is Compendium.

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