England's Lost History
Morini 'Tree and Boat' Gold Stater 50-70 BC
This is the first gold coin or artefact I have personally found and its in truly remarkable condition.
This coin was last held and then lost around 2076 years ago but by luck I saved it from certain destruction in 2016/2017.
The Morini were a Belgic tribe of northern Gaul. They were mentioned in such classical works as the Commentarii de Bello Gallico written by Julius Caesar. The tribe's name Morini is thought to be in Celtic meaning "Those of the sea".
The tribe was centred around modern Calais. They also had a settlement at Gesoriacum (modern Boulogne-sur-Mer). This has also been identified with Portus Itius, the otherwise unlocated port which was used as an embarkation point for Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.
Coin details are as follows...
ANCIENT IRON AGE CELTIC COIN - GALLO-BELGIC - MORINI - 'BOAT AND TREE' GOLD QUARTER STATER
1st century BC, early uninscribed coinage. The obverse depicts a 'boat' with two occupants and the reverse depicts a 'tree' with lines and symbols and with the large (right to left) symbol below the tree believed to depict a stream.
However this coin has 'crescents' added to each side of the tree thus creating a stylised face looking forward with the tree then becoming a nose and eyebrows and the stream becoming the mouth...Those clever Celts.
Morini 'Tree and Boat' Gold Stater 50-70 BC
This is the first gold coin or artefact I have personally found and its in truly remarkable condition.
This coin was last held and then lost around 2076 years ago but by luck I saved it from certain destruction in 2016/2017.
The Morini were a Belgic tribe of northern Gaul. They were mentioned in such classical works as the Commentarii de Bello Gallico written by Julius Caesar. The tribe's name Morini is thought to be in Celtic meaning "Those of the sea".
The tribe was centred around modern Calais. They also had a settlement at Gesoriacum (modern Boulogne-sur-Mer). This has also been identified with Portus Itius, the otherwise unlocated port which was used as an embarkation point for Julius Caesar's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC.
Coin details are as follows...
ANCIENT IRON AGE CELTIC COIN - GALLO-BELGIC - MORINI - 'BOAT AND TREE' GOLD QUARTER STATER
1st century BC, early uninscribed coinage. The obverse depicts a 'boat' with two occupants and the reverse depicts a 'tree' with lines and symbols and with the large (right to left) symbol below the tree believed to depict a stream.
However this coin has 'crescents' added to each side of the tree thus creating a stylised face looking forward with the tree then becoming a nose and eyebrows and the stream becoming the mouth...Those clever Celts.