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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RAGNAROK, post: 2634486, member: 84566&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0080ff">Well said. I agree with ye. </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0080ff">An interesting point more of CNG files about this coin:</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i><span style="color: #ff0000">The obverse portrait has sometimes been identified as the famous chief of the Arverni, Vercingetorix, whom Julius Caesar captured in 52 BC in Alesia. It is difficult to imagine anyone placing such a dramatic portrait of a defeated foe on their coinage, but it is clear from surviving sources of the period that the Romans had a good deal of respect for the Gauls as honorable warriors. Crawford and Sear believe this identification is unlikely, but the large, distinctive, and carefully engraved head suggests the die cutter worked with an eye toward creating an individualized portrait, rather than a stylized personification of a Gaul. The reverse is also of particular historical interest, in that it depicts the manner in which chariots were used in Celtic Gaul, and perhaps in Britain as well</span></i>&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0080ff">We will never be quite sure about this coin, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/volodya.19615/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/volodya.19615/">Volodya</a>, but we like it!</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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