Single Coin Pack - Celtic

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Armorican Stater, c. 75 - 50 B.C.  - Obverse - Head: Reverse - Horse with boar below, remains of driver with victory above. This coin was from the Channel Islands and was made from de-base metal.

The earliest coins to circulate in Britain were made in northern Gail (Belgica) and were imported into southern England around 150 B.C. onwards. These coins were derived from the Macedonian gold staters of Phillip II (359 - 336 B.C.)

The first invaders of Britain were the Celts. They began crossing the English Channel about 500 B.C. The Celts, a warlike people, were divided into various tribes. The earliest invading tribe, the Gaels, settled in the western and northern areas of the island of Great Britain. The second wave of Celtic invaders, the Britons, occupied most of what is now England and Wales. In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar defeated some of the Celtic tribes in Britain. In A.D. 61 Roman forces put down a revolt led by Boadicea (or Boudica), a Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe.

Their art was copied by later invaders including the Romans, Saxons and Vikings and is still an important art source that is popular today.

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