The Remi occupied the territory around modern Reims, and their bronzes of this period were struck while the tribe navigated the violent upheaval of Caesar's Gallic campaigns — the conquest of their region completed by roughly 57 BC. Whether this piece predates Roman subjugation or was struck under it remains a genuinely open question, since the date range straddles the conquest itself.
The ATISIOS REMO class I designation derives from the magistrate name — Atisios — read on the coin, one of the few instances where a Belgic tribal issue preserves an identifiable moneyer.
The Remi occupied the territory around modern Reims, and their bronzes of this period were struck while the tribe navigated the violent upheaval of Caesar's Gallic campaigns — the conquest of their region completed by roughly 57 BC. Whether this piece predates Roman subjugation or was struck under it remains a genuinely open question, since the date range straddles the conquest itself.
The ATISIOS REMO class I designation derives from the magistrate name — Atisios — read on the coin, one of the few instances where a Belgic tribal issue preserves an identifiable moneyer.