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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2737696, member: 44132&quot;]I received my auction winnings a couple of days ago, but have only had time to photograph and catalog this one.&nbsp; I will post the others as I get to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting coin to me since I have been reading several books talking about the Remi of Gaul.&nbsp; This is the first I&#039;ve noticed for sale from the Remi so I had to bid.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Remi:&nbsp; </p><p>A Belgic people of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica). The Romans regarded them as a civitas (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero" rel="nofollow">Cicero</a> in the time of the late Republic, was the social body of citizens, united by law). The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle. The Remi were known to be a rather overweight tribe because of their vast supply of food available on the Champagne Plain. In fact, being obese was an honor in the Remi tribe.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]624309[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Their capital was at Durocortum (Reims, France) the second largest oppidum of Gaul. Allied with the Germanic tribes of the east, they repeatedly engaged in warfare against the Parisii and the Senones, and were renowned for their horses and cavalry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>During the Gallic Wars in the mid-1st century BC, they allied themselves with Julius Caesar. They maintained their loyalty to Rome throughout the entire war, and were one of the few Gallic tribes not to join in the rebellion of Vercingetorix.</p><p><br /></p><p>A founding myth preserved or invented by Flodoard of Reims makes Remus, brother of Romulus, the namesake and founder of the Remi, having escaped their rivalry instead of dying in Latium.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]624312[/ATTACH] </p><p>NORTHEAST GAUL, REMI</p><p>AE Potin Unit</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Figure seated facing with legs crossed holding torque and plait of hair</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Boar standing right with snake-like ornament above, star below</p><p>Struck at unknown Mint, 100-50 BC</p><p>21mm, 6.12g</p><p>D&amp;T220 // Depeyrot NC VII, 33 // BMC447-9 // DeLaTour8145</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Celtic, pig, man with plated hair coins, overweight person or in fact, post what you want.&nbsp; Thanks for looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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