The Bituriges Cubi occupied the fertile Berry region of central Gaul, with Avaricum (modern Bourges) as their principal oppidum. Their potin coinage — cast rather than struck, distinguishing it immediately from the hammered silver of neighboring tribes — was produced in significant volume during the decades preceding and following Caesar's Gallic campaigns. Avaricum was famously razed by Caesar in 52 BC, an event that likely disrupted or terminated local coin production entirely.
The left-rotating swastika on this piece marks it as a variant within DT#3502, a distinction significant enough to affect attribution in any serious Celtic reference collection.
The Bituriges Cubi occupied the fertile Berry region of central Gaul, with Avaricum (modern Bourges) as their principal oppidum. Their potin coinage — cast rather than struck, distinguishing it immediately from the hammered silver of neighboring tribes — was produced in significant volume during the decades preceding and following Caesar's Gallic campaigns. Avaricum was famously razed by Caesar in 52 BC, an event that likely disrupted or terminated local coin production entirely.
The left-rotating swastika on this piece marks it as a variant within DT#3502, a distinction significant enough to affect attribution in any serious Celtic reference collection.