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Celtic coinage was minted by the Celts from the late 4th century BC to the mid 1st century AD. Celtic coins were influenced by trade with and the supply of mercenaries to the Greeks, and initially copied Greek designs, especially Macedonian coins from the time of Philip II of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great .
24 wrz 2018 · The Celtic money came in different shapes and sizes. The distinct among them is the beautifully shaped wheel coins. The above shown coin was struck from unknown mint around 1st century BC, the weight of this coin is 1.67 grams.
In recent years thousands of simple bronze rings similar to this have been sold as Celtic ring money. While there is evidence for Celts using metal rings as money, all types that can be documented as likely money have more complex shapes, and none are of bronze. Most are lead or possibly tin.
4 mar 2021 · Celtic coins were used for a variety of reasons. They were, as one would expect, used as a currency to acquire goods locally but coins were primarily used as a more convenient replacement for other high-value goods which had previously been used in a barter system.
13 gru 2021 · FOR ANCIENT GREEKS and Romans, Britain was a mysterious land at the northern edge of the world. As early as 2000 BCE, the Phoenicians traded with the Celtic tribes of Cornwall (the southwestern...
3 gru 2019 · For numismatists, “Celtic” means a vast category of ancient coinage ranging across much of Europe from the fourth to the first century BCE.
Wheel like objects came in two main formats, spoked wheels (described earlier as wheels) and pellet wheels (described earlier as pellet rosettes), so it might have been that a spoked wheel called on Taranis and a pellet wheel (described in the literature as a sun symbol) called on Belenus.
