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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4806512, member: 100731&quot;]This coin, which was found near Amiens, France, is regarded by most auction houses as Celtic, but by others (Les bronzes de Germanus Indutilli L., in : J.-M. DOYEN, Économie, monnaie et société à Reims sous l’Empire romain. Recherches sur la circulation monétaire en Gaule septentrionale intérieure, Reims, 2007/2008 (Archéologie urbaine à Reims 7), p. 63-93.) as Roman Provincial. My French is (very) poor, so perhaps someone with either better knowledge of French or this specific coin could weigh in:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1166881[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CELTS, Germanus Indutilli Libertalis. Denomination: AE Semis, minted: Gallia Belgica; c. 27 BC to 14 AD</b></p><p><b>Obv</b>: Diademed head of Germanus Indutilli to the right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: GERMANVS (above) INVTILLI L (in exergue) Bull trampling to the left</p><p><b>Weight</b>: 2.94g; Ø:16mm. <b>Catalogue</b>: RPC I 506; RIC I 249. <b>Provenance</b>: Found near Amiens, France; acq.: 08-2020</p><p>From &quot;Le semis de Germanus Indutilli L.&quot; by Jean-Marc Doyen: &quot;This sometimes classic-style bronze, made from an alloy containing on average 12% zinc (orichalcum) is a semis and not a quadrans as has long been assumed; it is cut to 1 / 108th of a pound (9 dozen). The distribution map shows a distribution following fairly closely the boundaries of the new province of Gallia Belgica, for which it serves as an additional coinage. Traditionally classified as a Gallic coin, this bronze is actually a provincial issue made in Reims under imperial control by a Reme prince by the name of Indutillus. The latter entrusted the task of signing the program, in the manner of Augustus or Tiberius, to a freedman named Germanus. The obverse shows the portrait of Indutillus wearing the royal diadem (which Augustus never dared to do). The reverse presents a strapped bull (detail forgotten on Dardel&#039;s drawing in the Atlas by H. de La Tour, like the royal diadem, transformed into a laurel wreath), an element that can be found in the following Reims series ( RPC 509), drawing inspiration from Lyon&#039;s “charging bull” funds. In general, the iconographic prototype of the reverse of Germanus Indutilli L.&#039;s bronze must be sought in rare aurei of the RIC 538 type, probably issued in Gaul after 27 BC. J.-C.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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