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Numismatic and History Discussion Forums => Celtic, Barbaric & Tribal Imitative Coins Discussion Forum => Topic started by: teltomat on September 15, 2002, 09:45:57 am

Title: Celts copies
Post by: teltomat on September 15, 2002, 09:45:57 am

Why Celt's coins are copies of Trakian coins

Title: Re: Celts copies
Post by: Alex on September 15, 2002, 12:22:19 pm

From various reasons. First they were impressed by these wonderful objects so they wanted to do some as well. The greek coins were also widely recognized so it was easier to copy an established currency than create a new one. And so on...
That is why the germanic tribes copied roman coins, and later the bulgarians and serbians were inspired by byzantine coins.