Bronze

The Arverni occupied the volcanic uplands of what is now Auvergne, and their coinage reflects a tribe that had once dominated much of central Gaul. A century before this issue, the Arverni king Bituitus commanded a coalition force reportedly numbering in the hundreds of thousands against Rome, only to be defeated at the Rhône in 121 BC — after which Roman pressure steadily eroded Arvernian dominance. By the time Caesar arrived, the tribe was rebuilding influence under Vercingetorix, whose 52 BC rebellion effectively closes the dating window on this type.