Description

• Celtic coins are a type of ancient coinage produced by the Celtic peoples across Europe. They were first produced in the late 4th century BC, and continued to be minted until the early 1st century AD. Celtic coins were typically made of silver or bronze, and often featured images of animals, humans, or deities. They are particularly attractive for their artistic approach and organic designs often based on Greek-Macedonian prototypes such as the coins of Philip and Alexander. The reason for this link seems to be that Greek military strategy often adopted Celtic warriors as mercenary troops, for which they paid in Greek gold coinage which in turn acted as prototypes for Celtic local coinage.
• Minim coinage is part of British Celtic coinage, though the term is a modern one. Staters and their fractions were of gold or silver. Minims were a fraction of silver coinage. Bronze smaller value coinage is frequently referred to as Potins. The term is also applied liberally to the smallest of late Empire Roman bronze coins of (say) 10mm diameter - also known as AE4. They are frequently lacking in detail or legend.