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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2317630, member: 75525&quot;]When my cousin&#039;s daughter started at Baylor, I bought her a few bear coins. This is one I kept.</p><p>[ATTACH]467916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]467917[/ATTACH]</p><p>Celtic cast coin.</p><p>My translating skills are a problem in the rest of this description.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Date - I have seen a couple of sites that claim 40 - 50 BC. Others say 1st or 2nd century BC.</p><p>Obv - Head of bull</p><p>Rev - bear attacking a snake</p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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