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 Celtica › Sequani

Bronze TVRONOS / CANTORIX
(80 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin: TVRONOS / CANTORIX
Bronze • 3.8 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 7005, DT# 3260, N# 207686
Denier SEQVANOIOTVOS
(70 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.85 g • ⌀ 11.8 mm
LT# 5351, DT# 3243, GCV# 94, N# 183813
Potin with filiform horse (La Tène type)
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.23 g • ⌀ 18 mm
DT# 3281, N# 107816
Potin TOC with horse (large module)
(58 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.9 g • ⌀ 18 mm
LT# 5538 var., DT# 3254, N# 302600
Potin TOC with horse (small module)
(58 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 3.2 g • ⌀ 17 mm
LT# 5538 var., DT# 3254 var., N# 302601
Available for swap Potin with leaping lion TOC / TOC
(58 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Potin • 2.62 g • ⌀ 17 mm
LT# 5629, DT# 3255, GCV# 97, N# 152513
Denier Q. DOCI / SAM F
(57 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.75 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 3245, LT# 5405, GCV# 95, N# 70243
Potin TVRONOS / CANTORIX
(50 BC - 30 BC)

Standard circulation coin: TVRONOS / CANTORIX
Potin • 3.47 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 7011, DT# 3259, N# 183741

Gaul › Gallia Celtica › Uncertain Gallia Celtica tribes

Gold Stater (without monogram)
(225 BC - 175 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Gold • 7.73 g • ⌀ 23 mm
LT# 4543, DT# 3287, N# 356797
INCERTAINES PETIT BILLON AU CHEVAL ET AUX TRISKÈLES
(60 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 1.14 g • ⌀ 10 mm
DT# 3610, N# 376316

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Allobroges

Silver Drachm with horse and caduceus
(120 BC - 75 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.46 g • ⌀ 14 mm
LT# 2895, DT# 3113, N# 329900
Denier with hippocampus facing right
(100 BC - 75 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.27 g • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 2917, DT# 3125, N# 355849
Silver Drachm with goat and rowel
(100 BC - 85 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.42 g • ⌀ 14 mm
LT# 2879, DT# 3103, N# 355807
Denier IAZVS with galloping horse and rowel
(90 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.26 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3052, LT# 2904, N# 57959
Denier VOL with horse and rowel
(80 BC - 75 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.32 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 3122, N# 47895
Denier with hippocampus facing left
(75 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.19 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
DT# 3127, LT# 2924, N# 8193
Denier VOL with horse and caduceus
(70 BC - 61 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.28 g
LT# 2630, DT# 3121, N# 355687

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Cadurci

Drachm with geometric patterns and triskele
(150 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.37 g • ⌀ 13.5 mm
N# 349242
Drachm with triangular head
(100 BC - 40 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.51 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 3258, N# 329925
Drachm with mosaic
(100 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.2 g • ⌀ 15.5 mm
N# 358019

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Elisyces

As with bull NERONKEN
(121 BC - 45 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 13.3 g • ⌀ 25 mm
LT# 2488, N# 36828

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Rhone Valley, Uncertain tribes

Denier with rider BRI / COMA
(80 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.20 g • ⌀ 14.5 mm
DT# 3134, LT# 5820, N# 44185
Denier with rider ROVV / CN.VOL
(80 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.05 g • ⌀ 14 mm
DT# 3151, LT# 5895, N# 57958
Denier with rider CAL
(80 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3154, LT# 5916, N# 47094
Denier with rider AMBILLI / EBVRO
(80 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.11 g • ⌀ 16 mm
DT# 3157, LT# 5719, N# 47093
Denier with rider VIRODV / TVROCA
(80 BC - 70 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.87 g • ⌀ 15 mm
DT# 3168, LT# 5934, N# 47096
Long-necked potin
(70 BC - 10 BC)

Potin • 2.67 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 394007

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Ruteni

Drachm with aquatic leaves
(175 BC - 75 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.35 g • 14 mm
LT# 3464-3467, N# 171396
Drachm at boar (Fouzilhon type)
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g • 15.5 mm
N# 329790
Drachm of Goutrens type
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.13 g • 15.5 mm
N# 329348
Drachm with horse
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.1 g • 12.5 mm
LT# 3571, N# 329808
Obol with deer
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.1 g • 9.5 mm
N# 329710
Drachm with boar VIIRIA / BIRACOS
(75 BC - 25 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.15 g • 13.5 mm
N# 326056

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Salyes

Obole with globule
(150 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.47 g • ⌀ 10 mm
N# 39763
Scyphate obol
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.44 g • ⌀ 9.5 mm
LT# –, N# 39708
Obol stylized, AM
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.47 g • ⌀ 11 mm
LT# 2173, N# 47167

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Sordones

Obole à l'hippocampe de Ruscino
(200 BC - 100 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.34 g • ⌀ 9.5 mm
CNH# 12 var. p. 78, Feugère Py# 189 p. 315-316, N# 384551

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Volcæ Areocomici

Bronze with boar NAMA SAT
(120 BC - 60 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.55 g • ⌀ 14 mm
LT# 2698, N# 70165
Obol with N
(90 BC - 49 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.45 g • ⌀ 10.3 mm
LT# –, MHM# 61, N# 25686
Obol with AR
(76 BC - 49 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.46 g • ⌀ 10.9 mm
LT# 2646, N# 355693
Bronze with Demos VOLCAE AREC
(70 BC - 30 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.05 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 2677, N# 39801
Bronze with eagle
(70 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.56 g • ⌀ 14 mm
LT# 2657, N# 355699

Gaul › Gallia Narbonensis › Volcæ Tectosages

Available for swap Drachm with negroid head (S75 variant)
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.55 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 2976, N# 53118
Drachm with negroid head (obverse incuse strike)
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • ⌀ 16 mm
LT# 2986 var., N# 77789
Drachm with opposed axes
(121 BC - 52 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.90 g • ⌀ 12.1 mm
LT# 3254, N# 349232
Available for swap Drachm with cubist head
(100 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 2.70 g • ⌀ 15 mm
LT# 3132; 3231, N# 68816
Obol with negroid head
(60 BC - 25 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.29 g • ⌀ 7.1 mm
LT# 3351, N# 366397

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