Celts, Belgic Gaul. Leuci Tribe (200 BC) Potin Unit. R! Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 19.00 Time Left - Bid Count 10 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Location Wien See more about 'Celts, Belgic Gaul. Leuci Tribe (200 BC) Potin Unit. R!' Description Celts, Belgic Gaul. Leuci Tribe (200 BC) Potin Unit. R! Denomination: Potin Unit Reference: Scheers, Traité, 670; Allen, BMC, 426-432; L.T., 9044; Castelin, 595; Scheers, Lyon, 1117-1118. Mint Date: around 200 BC Diameter: 18.3mm Material: Potin Weight: 2.65gm Obverse: Stylized diademed head left. Reverse: Boar standing left with fleur-de-lis ornament below. The Leuci tribe is from Belgic Gaul region of the ancient Europe. All coins are guaranteed to be ancient and as described! Celts were groups of people living in the central and western Europe during the 6th century BCE. Greek writers in the 5th century called them as KELT (plural Keltoi) referring to their language hence the name Celts. Latin word for them was CELTA (plural Celtae). Celts' origins might be from bronze age (c.2000 BCE) population of Urnfield culture of northern Alps and iron age (1200-450 BCE) peoples of Hallstatt culture. Celts spread out of central Europe in two waves. First wave (c.1000-700 BCE) spread them across western europe to present day Spain. Second wave of migration spread the Hallstatt culture across present day France, Germany and British Isles by 500 BCE but not to Spain. The earlier celtic migrants to Spain assimilated with the Iberians and are called Celtiberians. Around 450 BCE, a new culture emerged from the Celts of western Europe. Called La Tène by the modern archeologists, it had distinctive style of art with abstract geometric designs and stylized bird and animal forms. It spread through trade contacts and migrations of celts across the european continent from northern Spain to Danube river delta in the east and Po valley of Italy in south to British Isles in the north. Celts were exposed to Greek coins when Greek city states of Italy and Kingdom of Macedon employed celtic warriors as mercenaries in the fifth century BCE. These Celtic tribes of Gaul started issuing their own coins by the third century BCE. The early celtic coins were imitations of gold coins of King Philip II of Macedon or Greek city states of Tarentum and Syracuse. Later, abstract designs of celtic art were used on the coins. There were approximately 125 different Celtic tribes in Europe and most produced coinage. Celtic coins were struck in gold, silver and bronze. Cast coins were produced using tin alloy called potin. Celtic coins were cast or struck with abstract designs of warriors, horses, wild boars and geometric patterns. It had been difficult to attribute early celtic coins to any tribe because the early coins were imitations of Greek or Roman coins. Later coins were issued with legends but they were the names of tribal chieftains. Celtic tribes were on a constant move throughout the history. It is difficult to attribute the early coins to a region or a tribe. Since Roman invasions of Gaul by Caesar, the names of the tribes and their locations were available for historians. Early Celtic coin images that imitating Greek and Macedonian coins are displayed in separate pages. Celtic coins of later period are broadly arranged based on the geographical regions and the tribes that existed in these regions during early Roman Empire. All items listed are guaranteed to be authentic ancient originals and as described. No returns without cogent reason. All returns must be pre-authorized. Accepted payments: PayPal, European Wire Transfer, Reg. Letter. Place a Bid!