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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3261585, member: 98035&quot;]One thing I haven&#039;t seen discussed much is exactly when and where &quot;Celtic&quot; coinage ceased to exist. The British celts issued coinage at least until the Roman conquest was complete, and most of the remaining &quot;Celtic&quot; kingdoms were conquered by the second century. Balkan celts issued a lot of imitations of Greek coins, but how long did these imitations last? Were imitations of Philip II tets still being made until Trajan came along?</p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting facet is that during times of societal breakdown (e.g. the Gallic empire and 4th/5th century turmoil) some of the local barbarous coins seem to have slid back to almost Celtic aesthetics:</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought these tiny (5-9mm) barbarous minims from a former collector of the type. I believe they are all copying Constantius II fallen horseman types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858068[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]858069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]858070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Once the Romans packed up and left Britain to the marauders, the earliest Anglo-Saxon sceattas are rather distinctively Celtic in design. Sadly, none to share as those are expensive little flecks of silver![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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