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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3238048, member: 10613&quot;]Regarding the original coin in this topic, it is not correct to call it a Celtic coin; though I know it is done often enough, especially on eBay. The use of the term Celtic or barbarous is romanticized. The truth is, we actually don&#039;t know who minted these coins. At best we can only speculate based on where the coins were found. These coins would have been struck somewhere that a demand existed and generally would not have traveled far from their place of minting. These coins turn up all over and copy all the mints that struck VLPP&#039;s at the time. Many different people struck these coins, all over the Empire, including, I&#039;m sure, Roman citizens and barbarians.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>here is a neat example copying Ticinum</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846968[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and an official example</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846970[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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