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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4850836, member: 100731&quot;]Posted this one a few times before. Celtic gold coins can be bought relatively cheap - this one was 700€, which is relatively cheap for the quality and pleasant toning (I guess in auction it would do around 900€ - still below the 1000). </p><p><br /></p><p>CELTS, Ambiani celts.</p><p>AV Stater, minted: Ambiani region, (current France, near Amiens); 58-55 BC</p><p><img src="https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnbrqh40e63pd4x/%5B1122%5D%20Ambiani%20celts%20-%20Ambiani%20region%2C%20%28current%20France%2C%20near%20Amiens%29%20%28AV%20stater%2C%2058-55%20BC%29.jpg?raw=1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obverse: Blank</p><p>Reverse: Disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above; crescent above pellet below, intertwined lines pattern in exergue</p><p>Weight: 6.02g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: Evans 1864 Pl.B8; Scheers 1977 series 24, class IV (type) . Provenance: Ex private collection (Found in France, ca. 2000); acq.: 08-2019</p><p>Details:</p><p>The Ambiani Celts were Belgic people of Celtic language. In 57 BC, when Julius Caesar started his Belgic campain, they were able to muster 10.000 armed men. However, when Julius Caesar came close to their capital Samarobriva (probably the modern Amiens), they submitted to Caesar. This gold stater was probably minted to finance the war against Julius Caesar. There are two hypotheses regarding the blank observe: 1) as several Celtic tribes made an alliance, a typical Celtisized horse was used for the reverse. The observe was left blank as to signify that the coins were minted by a coalition of tribes – ‘headless’ in other words, or 2) to speed up the production process. The latter explanation is more plausible, as the coins were made in a great hurry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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