Stater

The Bellovaci were among the most powerful of the Belgic tribes, and Julius Caesar singled them out specifically in the Gallic Wars as fielding the largest contingent of the Belgic coalition — some 100,000 warriors by his account, almost certainly inflated. Their territory centered on what is now the Beauvais region of northern France, and their coinage circulated through a network of tribal alliances rather than any fixed market economy. This stater class spans the period of Roman conquest and its immediate aftermath, meaning individual specimens may predate or postdate the catastrophic defeat of the Bellovaci around 51 BC.