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Bronze with swastika
| Issuer | Ambiani |
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| Year | 60 BC - 40 BC |
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| Reference(s) | DT#525 |
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| Reverse description | A stylized horse moving to the right, rendered in characteristic Celtic abstraction, with a finely beaded mane depicted in detail. Above the horse's neck, a triskele motif issues from the point of the neck. A central pellet appears between the legs, with two additional pellets positioned toward the forequarters, balancing the composition within the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (60 BC - 40 BC) |
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The Ambiani occupied the territory around modern Amiens in what is now northern France, and were among the most prolific coin-producing tribes of pre-conquest Gaul. Their bronze issues circulated during the decades immediately preceding and overlapping Caesar's campaigns, a period of severe political disruption that accelerated coin production across the region as tribes financed alliances, mercenaries, and resistance. The swastika motif on this type is an ancient solar symbol with deep roots in Iron Age Europe, carrying none of its later associations — it appears across Celtic coinage from Britain to the Danube with no single political meaning attached.