Bronze with bird in the temple

The Carnutes occupied the territory around modern Chartres and Orléans, and held particular religious significance among the Gallic tribes — Caesar identifies their territory as the annual gathering point for Druidic assemblies from across Gaul. This coin was struck in the decades immediately following the Roman conquest, when Carnutes political authority had been effectively broken but local minting continued under reduced autonomy.

The bronze series attributed to this period shows marked stylistic degradation compared to earlier Carnutes issues, a pattern consistent across many Belgic and Celtic mints operating in the shadow of Roman administrative pressure after 52 BC.