hi, Plinius
Your
drachm is very nice, congratulation.
Studies on
celtic coins in
France has progressed since few years.
In past, we thought that each
celtic tribe has a coinage.
But it's probably wrong because :
1- The
celtic or ligure tribe in
France were unknown before Iulius
Caesar. And a lot of coins was produced before Iulus
Caesar. And lot of tribe have moved betwen the II and I century BC.
2- The mints of
celtic and ligure coinage were often unknown.
3- We know a few example of same coins produced in different mints owned by different tribes (
potin)
In conclusion,
french searchers link coinage with a region and not with a tribe.They think it's the same analyse for the
celtic tribe in
hispania,
italia,
germania or britannica.
For instance, your coin is an imitation of
drachm of Massalia. Nobody knows where was the
mint. The different coins were found :
Latium, Ligurie, Lombardie, Piemont,
Val d'AOSTE,
Veneto,
Switzerland (Bernes, Grisons)
Different authors think they were produced by Insubres (Pautaso, Allen,
Nash ) and other by Boii- Cenoni (S
Scheers).
In reality it is very difficult to find the real origin of the coins.
Discussion is open
Best regards
Frederic
