FORVM Celts Gaul Carnutes AE16 Beauce Area PIXTILOS Helmeted Head / Lion

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Gallic Celts, Carnutes, Beauce Area, c. 41 - 30 B.C.
This page offers coins of the Celtic tribes, as well as coins of Iberian, German, Thracian, Paenonian, Illyrian, Dacian, Gaete, and other European tribes.
The helmeted bust on the obverse is derived from that of Minerva on the Roman Republic denarius of C. Vibius Varus, 42 B.C. (Crawford 494/38, Sydenham 1140).
CE89589. Bronze piastre, references: CCBM III 119, De la Tour 7105, Delestrée-Tache 2473, Scheers S-M 324 ff., Blanchet 274; condition: aVF, green patina with darker fields, some bumps and scratches, light corrosion, weight: 2.923g, maximum diameter: 16.2mm, die axis: 270
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, date struck: c. 41 - 30 B.C.; obverse PIXTILOS, helmeted head left, the neck adorned with a torque, branch left, ornaments above; reverse PIXTILOS, lion running left, tail curled above the back, two ringed pellets above, stylized bird right below; additional comments: ex CGB Numismatique Paris;
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