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<p>[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2738223, member: 8959"]A very nice and interesting coin, Bing. Beautiful, mystic style, as one often sees and admires in Celtic coinage. </p><p>Celtic culture and their coinage is an area of keen interest to me. I recently ventured outside of my usual area (Celtic tribes in Germania - Rhine area) and added a quinarius minted by the Treveri. The Treveri (or Treverer) where neighbors of the Remi, so to speak.</p><p>I have often wondered what became of the Celtic tribes with the advent of the romans. In some areas (Gallia seems to have been one) they appear to have morphed into established local tribes? In Germania, however, the situation is unclear, and from what I have read, they simply disappeared, getting caught up in the fierce cross-fire between the Germanic tribes and the Romans. This is an area I need to look closer into.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2738223, member: 8959"]A very nice and interesting coin, Bing. Beautiful, mystic style, as one often sees and admires in Celtic coinage. Celtic culture and their coinage is an area of keen interest to me. I recently ventured outside of my usual area (Celtic tribes in Germania - Rhine area) and added a quinarius minted by the Treveri. The Treveri (or Treverer) where neighbors of the Remi, so to speak. I have often wondered what became of the Celtic tribes with the advent of the romans. In some areas (Gallia seems to have been one) they appear to have morphed into established local tribes? In Germania, however, the situation is unclear, and from what I have read, they simply disappeared, getting caught up in the fierce cross-fire between the Germanic tribes and the Romans. This is an area I need to look closer into.[/QUOTE]
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