The Airmid entry in Ghana's "Celtic Gods" bullion series is an unusual pairing — an Irish mythological healer deity struck under West African sovereign authority purely as a silver collectible for the international numismatic market. Ghana has issued commemorative and bullion coinage under foreign licensing arrangements since at least the 2000s, with the actual minting typically contracted to European facilities, making these pieces Ghanaian in name only.
Airmid herself comes from the Tuatha Dé Danann cycle, where she is credited with cataloguing the healing properties of every herb grown from her slain brother Miach's grave — knowledge her father Dian Cécht allegedly scattered to prevent any single healer from holding it complete.
The Airmid entry in Ghana's "Celtic Gods" bullion series is an unusual pairing — an Irish mythological healer deity struck under West African sovereign authority purely as a silver collectible for the international numismatic market. Ghana has issued commemorative and bullion coinage under foreign licensing arrangements since at least the 2000s, with the actual minting typically contracted to European facilities, making these pieces Ghanaian in name only.
Airmid herself comes from the Tuatha Dé Danann cycle, where she is credited with cataloguing the healing properties of every herb grown from her slain brother Miach's grave — knowledge her father Dian Cécht allegedly scattered to prevent any single healer from holding it complete.