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Triskelion Stater Type of Chenôves
| Issuer | Aedui |
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| Year | 70 BC - 50 BC |
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| Weight | 6.40 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (70 BC - 50 BC) |
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The Aedui occupied a strategically pivotal position in central Gaul — Julius Caesar called them "brothers of the Roman people" — yet they maintained an independent coinage tradition well into the period of Roman military intervention. Their electrum issues drew on a long Atlantic coinage tradition, the gold-silver alloy content varying enough between specimens to suggest multiple production episodes rather than a single controlled mint output. The Chenôves type takes its name from a find site in Saône-et-Loire, the heart of Aeduan territory.