When my cousin's daughter started at Baylor, I bought her a few bear coins. This is one I kept. Celtic cast coin. My translating skills are a problem in the rest of this description. Mint - territory of the Reme. There is a modern day town of Remi in France. Their territory covered parts of what is now France and Belgium. One map showing Celtic tribes showed the Remi in Belgica. Metal - potin - I think it is a type of bronze, but the Wiki folks say it might be a billion / silver based coin. I can say it is cast. Metal type, not so sure. Date - I have seen a couple of sites that claim 40 - 50 BC. Others say 1st or 2nd century BC. Obv - Head of bull Rev - bear attacking a snake The Remi were one of the most powerful people of Gaul and faithful allies of the Romans. The Remi territory extended over the present Champagne, along the Aisne.
Potin appears to be a mixture of copper, tin and lead. Billon is low-grade silver. Potin is dark grey to black, but billon is silvery to light grey. As far as I know. You have a very attractive coin. The Remi, a powerful Celtic tribe, gave their name to the city of Reims in North-East France, famous for its gothic cathedral and for champagne
Wow, rrdenarius => that is a very cool bear you've got there (I'm jealous) I have a cast Potin Celtic example as well ... Horse, playing soccer Celtic Gaul, Senones AE Cast Potin Date: 100-50 BC Diameter: 17.8 mm Weight: 4.0 grams Obverse: Head right Reverse: Stylized horse with pellets around => above are two shaky quotes from Wiki (for whatever that's worth, eh?)
Well, this is one of my top Celts. It's from the Bellovaci, who gave their name to the fair city of Beauvais in the north of France, yes, famous for its Gothic cathedral (no towers but an extremely high choir). It's a bronze coin with a fantastic sproutful head on the obverse and a jumping snake-lion on the reverse. 16 mm, 2,50 gr. Scheers 68.471. LaTour 8577. About 75-60 BC. Bought it on a super nice coin fair in Belgium, two months ago.
