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Drachm with hippophorus

Issuer Pictones
Year 80 BC - 50 BC
Type Standard circulation coin
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (80 BC - 50 BC)
Additional information

The Pictones occupied the Atlantic coastal territory roughly corresponding to modern Poitou, and their silver coinage reflects a regional tradition increasingly pressured by Caesar's Gallic campaigns of the 58–50 BC period. Whether this drachm predates direct Roman military contact with the tribe or was struck amid it remains debated, but the Pictones submitted to Roman authority by 56 BC following Publius Crassus's western campaign — making the later end of this issue's range historically fraught.

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