Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul [Hardback]

N. Roymans (Author); G Creemers (Author); S Scheers (Author)

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ISBN: 9789089643490 | Published by: Amsterdam University Press | Year of Publication: 2012 | 239p, col illus




Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul

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This volume presents eight new Iron Age gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold coinages and in several cases also gold ornaments. The study of these hoards provides a wealth of new information on the archaeological contexts in which they were found, on the dating of many coin types and jewellery, and on the social role of gold in pre-Roman society. All these hoards seem to have been buried in the 50s BC, thus making a direct association with the historical context of Caesar's war campaigns in Northern Gaul very plausible.

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