a silver coin with an image of a woman on it
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GAUL - CELTIC Remes / Belgium. Quinar or light denarius bearing the related inscription CVPINACIOS / VLATOS ND (60–45 BC). Obverse. Helmeted bust facing right, with hair falling down the nape of the neck, wearing a torque; a star (or wheel) behind the nape of the neck [; in front of the face, the inscription CVPINACIOS]. Reverse. VLATOS. Horse walking to the right. DT.647 - LT.7203-7204 - Scheers 311-312; Silver - 1.67 g - 13.5 mm - 10 h Acquired from Werochowski in 2017. On an oblong flan, with a centred strike. Both the bust and the horse are complete. Slight oxidation of the fields, barely scraped. Slight grey patina. Rare. Superb. Series 83 of the New Atlas brings together all these coins with inscriptions, both homotypic (bearing the legends ATEVLA / VLATOS, SENODON, and CALEDV) and related (CVPINACIOS / VLATOS). Whilst the traditional attribution is to the Remi, the reality appears to be different; the finds are distributed across Belgium, from the coast to the Rhine, almost always in association with pre-Augustan military camps (with a camp or sanctuary nearby). The authors of the New Atlas favour “the hypothesis of a supplementary coinage intended for the auxiliary units of the Roman army, which circulated, thanks to military personnel in northern Gaul, during the second half of the 1st century BC.”
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