Celts, Bituriges / Pictons Drachm c. 80-60 AC

Ancient Gaulish coinage
Silver drachm of the Bituriges / Pictons / Carnutes
Drachm with the horseman and the hand
Type Class I with the classical hairstyle
Ref. LT.4433 DT.3339-3340
Head to the right
Horseman to the right with a shield, hand underneath
R3

This type of drachm, with this hairstyle, is very rare; three or four specimens are preserved at the BN, one in Nantes and one in Rouen. Le Nouvel Atlas rightly defends D. Nash's work on these series; this drachm corresponds to Class I “head with the classical hairstyle and reverse with the hand.”