Mike Markowitz has published the latest article in his CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series - this one focuses on the ancient Celtic coinage of Britain.
Very cool article! Thanks for the link RC Here's one of my favorites from this year: Remi, Electrum quarter stater "aux segments de circles"- 1,39 gram 10mm, minted 80-50BC obv: horse left rev: four segments of circles "Gallia Belgica (or Belgica Prima) was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. The Remi were a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul in the 1st century BC. They occupied the northern Champagne plain, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle. Their tribal capital was at Durocortum (Reims, France) and they were renowned for their horses and cavalry. The Remi, under Iccius and Andecombogius, allied themselves with Julius Caesar when he led the conquest of Gaul. The Remi tribe remained loyal to him throughout the entire Gallic Wars, the most pro-Roman of all the peoples of Gaul."
R.C., Thanks for the "heads-up", I do have two of the coin types illustrated in the article by Mike Markowitz . CELTIC BRITAIN, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, c. AD 10-43. AV Stater: 5.42 gm, 18 mm, 12 h. Camulodunum Mint (today Colchester). Obverse: Barley ear, CA MV across field. Reverse: Prancing horse with palm frond above & war shield below. CVNO above exergual line. Three dots in field. Scarce. ABC 2786, Van Arsdell 2010-1.
