A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

B.C. 100-1. 115
VII. c.
Plates 67-70.
Pi^te67.1. Hispania. Celtiberian. M. Obv. Bearded head; behind,
KN, in Celtiberian characters. Bev. KLSTHN, in Celtiberian
characters. Horseman, galloping. Wt. 57-5 grs.
The reverse inscription of this coin is to be read
kMlsHthMn = Celsitani the name of the tribe, not that
of the chief city Osca where the coin was actually
struck.
2. Gallia. Massilia. M. 06^. Head of Artemis ; at her shoulder,
bow and quiver. Bev. MAZZAAlHTflN. Lion. In field,
monogram. Wt. 42"5 grs.
Massilia lost the right of coining her own money when
the city surrendered to Caesar, in B.C. 49.
3. Gaulish. EL. Obv. Beardless male head. Hev. ABVD(os).
Galloping horse ; above which, flying eagle ; and beneath, three
circles. Wt. 105 grs.
This coin is attributed to the Bituriges, south of the
Abudos is the name of a chief.
Loire ;
4. Gaulish. A/ . Obv. Laureate head. Hev. Charioteer, driving a
human-headed horse ; beneath which, a prostrate figure, holding
an uncertain object. Wt. 103 grs.
Attributed to the Aulerci Diablintes (Jublains).
5. British or Gaulish. N. Obv. Beardless, laureate bust, with
projecting face. Eev. Horse ; above which. Victory. Various
ornaments scattered about the field. Wt. 118-5 grs.
Coins of this class are found on the south-eastern coast
of England and on the opposite coasts of France.
N'os. 3-5 are anterior to the time of Csesar; they are
all reminiscences of the gold staters of Philip of Macedon.
Cf. VL C. I.
6. British. AT. Obv. TINC(ommius), in an oblong incuse. Eev.
C(ommii) F(ilius). Armed horseman ; above, star. Wt. 82 grs.
7. British. AT, Obv. VERI(ca). Leaf. Eev. CO(mmii) F(ilius).
Armed horseman. Wt. 82 grs.
Tincommius and Yerica, sons of Commius, king of the
Atrebates, were probably contemporary rulers in Hampshire
and Sussex.
8. British. AT. Obv. Cruciform ornament, formed of wreath, with
crescents and rings in the centre. Eev. TASCIOVAN. Horse,