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 › Gallia Armorica › Coriosolites

¼ Stater (Class Vb)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.55 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 2342, Sp# 20, N# 7541
¼ Stater (Class III)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.60 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 2343-2344, Sp# 20, N# 8078
Stater (Class Vb/VI)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.51 g • ⌀ 21 mm
DT# 2333, LT# 6684, N# 11146
Stater (class VI)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 4.24 g • ⌀ 21 mm
DT# 2333, LT# 6684, Sp# 19, N# 11566
Stater (Class III)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 5.90 g • ⌀ 25 mm
DT# 2339, LT# 6614, Sp# 16, N# 8079
Stater (class II)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.45 g • ⌀ 20 mm
LT# 6598, DT# 2341, Sp# 15, N# 5538
Stater (Class I)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
LT# 6634, DT# 2338, Sp# 14, N# 5539
Stater (class IVb)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.30 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
LT# J35, Sp# 17, N# 3332
Stater (class V)
(75 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.52 g • ⌀ 21 mm
Sp# 18, ABC# 67, N# 372495

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Durocasses

Potin with crosslets, hairstyle with globules
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Pewter • 2.2 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 2508a, N# 62986
½ Gold Stater (uniface)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 4.15 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
DT# 2562, N# 329973
Potin with boar-sign
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Pewter • 6.97 g • ⌀ 21 mm
DT# 2630, N# 75918
Bronze with helmeted head and horse
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.72 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 7121, DT# 2503-2504, N# 190820

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Namnetes

¼ Stater with hippophorus
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 1.57 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
LT# 6745 var., DT# 2197, N# 262586
¼ Stater with hippophorus and flower
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.75 g • ⌀ 12.6 mm
DT# 2193 var., N# 329799
Drachm with hippophorus
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.83 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 324376
Stater with hippophorus Genie
(70 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.41 g
DT# 2185, LT# 6728, N# 357525

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Osismii

¼ Stater with tent
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 1.11 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
DT# 2213, LT# J34, N# 25606
¼ Stater with barrier
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 1.5 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 2221, N# 11567
Stater with boar and eagle
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 7 g • ⌀ 24 mm
LT# 6555, DT# 2244, N# 5855
Stater with winged character
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.19 g • ⌀ 20.4 mm
DT# 2206 var., N# 7543
Stater with tent (Class II)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 7 g • ⌀ 20 mm
DT# 2210, LT# cf. 6512, N# 5537
Stater with boar
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.65 g • ⌀ 24.4 mm
LT# 6541, DT# 2237-2238, GCV# 107, N# 351580
Stater with tent
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 6 g • ⌀ 25 mm
LT# cf. 6504, DT# 2209-2212, N# 2093

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Riedones

¼ Stater with lyre and rowel
(200 BC - 100 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.89 g • ⌀ 13 mm
LT# –, DT# –, N# 329982
Stater (Class IV)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 6.66 g • ⌀ 19 mm
DT# 2314, LT# 6774, N# 329932

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Senones

¼ Stater with segment
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 1.77 g • ⌀ 7.5 mm
DT# 2542, N# 329959
Potin with Indian head on the left and horse
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.29 g • ⌀ 18 mm
LT# 7434, DT# 2653, GCV# 143, N# 352509
Stater "Bullet Type"
(100 BC - 80 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.4 g • ⌀ 12 mm
DT# 2537, Castelin# 704, N# 47090
Available for swap Potin with Indian head on the right and horse
(60 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 4 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 2640-2642, LT# 7417, N# 23646
Bronze with bird and vase INS (Class VIII)
(100 BC - 45 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.4 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
DT# 2638, LT# 7550, N# 58743
Bronze with bird GIAMILOS / SIINV
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3 g • ⌀ 16.3 mm
DT# 2631, LT# 7565, GCV# 144, N# 58744
Potin with helmeted head and rosette
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.30 g • ⌀ 18 mm
LT# 7388-7392, DT# 150, CCCBM 1# 379-381, N# 231257
Potin with large head
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 4.36 g • ⌀ 20 mm
LT# 7396, DT# 2646, N# 302580
Available for swap Potin with Indian head and boar
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 4.7 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 7445, DT# 2645, N# 37043
Bronze with bird YLLYCCI (Class XIa)
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 1.89 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 7508 var., DT# série 556, N# 302579
Available for swap Bronze with bird YLLYCCI (Class V)
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.73 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 2636-2637, LT# 7508, N# 75957
Bronze with bird YLLYCCI (Class VI)
(60 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.4 g
DT# 2637, N# 47103
Potin with helmeted head and ringlet
(60 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 2.7 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 2651, LT# 7447, N# 47005

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Turoni

Available for swap Potin with diabolic head (Class I)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 1.9 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 3508, N# 78466
Available for swap Potin with Devil head (Class II)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.58 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3509 var., LT# absent, N# 235581
Potin with crescents
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Pewter • 3.31 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
DT# 2622, N# 70166

Gaul › Gallia Armorica › Uncertain Armorican Gallic tribes

¼ Gold Stater (stuffed)
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold plated billon • 0.85 g • ⌀ 12.5 mm
N# 8307
Obol or Quinarius with horseman
(200 BC - 100 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.96 g • ⌀ 13.3 mm
DT# 3429, N# 350997

Gaul › Gallia Belgica › Ambiani

Stater
(100 BC - 55 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold (.6667) • 6.18 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 238, LT# 8710, GCV# 121, N# 351738
Stater uniface
(100 BC - 55 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 6.29 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 237, Mack# 27, Sp# 11, V# 52;54, ABC# 16, N# 96165
Stater
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 5.57 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Sp# 13, Mack# 82, V# 87, DT# 244, N# 372405
Bronze with horse
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.41 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 361, N# 393961
Bronze with horse (Type of Chilly)
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.23 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 366A, N# 380505
Bronze with swastika
(60 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.26 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 525, N# 374450

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