Description: Celtic coin. Danubian tribes EF condition coin Very hard to find coin in this condition. Extremely fine grade Denom: Obol Weight: 2.58 gm Size: 14 mm Certificate of Authenticity is available. Celts Indo-European ethnolinguistic group TheCelts(/klts/, seepronunciationfor different usages) orCeltic peoples(/kltk/) were a collection ofIndo-European peoplesinEuropeandAnatolia, identified by their use ofCeltic languagesand other cultural similarities.Major Celtic groups included theGauls; theCeltiberiansandGallaeciof Iberia; theBritonsandGaelsof Britain and Ireland; theBoii; and theGalatians. The relation between ethnicity, language and culture in the Celtic world is unclear and debated;for example over the ways in which theIron Agepeople of Britain and Ireland should be called Celts.In current scholarship, 'Celt' primarily refers to 'speakers of Celtic languages' rather than to a single ethnic group. "Celtic from the Centre", suggests proto-Celtic arose between these two zones, in Bronze Age Gaul, then spread in various directions.After theCeltic settlement of Southeast Europein the 3rd century BC, Celtic culture reached as far east ascentral Anatolia,Turkey. The earliest undisputed examples of Celtic language are theLeponticinscriptions from the 6th century BC.Continental Celtic languagesare attested almost exclusively through inscriptions and place-names.Insular Celtic languagesare attested from the 4th century AD inOgham inscriptions, though they were clearly being spoken much earlier. Celtic literary tradition begins withOld Irishtexts around the 8th century AD. Elements ofCeltic mythologyare recorded inearly Irishandearly Welshliterature. Most written evidence of the early Celts comes fromGreco-Romanwriters, who often grouped the Celts asbarbariantribes. They followed anancient Celtic religionoverseen bydruids The Celts were often in conflict with theRomans, such as in theRomanGallic wars, theCeltiberian Wars, theconquest of Gaulandconquest of Britain. By the 1st century AD, most Celtic territories had become part of theRoman Empire. By c. 500, due toRomanisationandthe migrationofGermanictribes, Celtic culture had mostly become restricted to Ireland, western and northern Britain, andBrittany. Between the 5th and 8th centuries, the Celtic-speaking communities in these Atlantic regions emerged as a reasonably cohesive cultural entity. They had a common linguistic, religious and artistic heritage that distinguished them from surrounding cultures. Insular Celtic culture diversified into that of theGaels(Irish,ScotsandManx) and theCeltic Britons(Welsh,Cornish, andBretons) of the medieval and modern periods.A modernCeltic identitywas constructed as part of the RomanticistCeltic Revivalin Britain, Ireland, and other European territories such asGalicia.Today,Irish,Scottish Gaelic,Welsh, andBretonare still spoken in parts of their former territories, whileCornishandManxare undergoing a revival. In the first century BC, Roman leaderJulius Caesarreported that theGaulscalled themselves 'Celts',Latin:Celtae, intheir own tongue.Thus whether it was given to them by others or not, it was used by the Celts themselves. Greek geographerStrabo, writing about Gaul towards the end of the first century BC, refers to the "race which is now called bothGallicandGalatic", though he also usesCelticaas another name for Gaul. He reports Celtic peoples inIberiatoo, calling themCeltiberiandCeltici.Pliny the Eldernoted the use ofCelticiinLusitaniaas a tribal surname,whichepigraphicfindings have confirmed A Latin name for the Gauls,Galli(pl.), may come from a Celtic ethnic name, perhaps borrowed into Latin during theCeltic expansion into Italyfrom the early fifth century BC. Its root may beProto-Celtic*galno, meaning "power, strength" (whenceOld Irishgal"boldness, ferocity", Welshgallu"to be able, power"). The Greek name(Galatai, LatinizedGalatae) most likely has the same origin, referring to the Gauls whoinvaded southeast Europeand settled inGalatia.The suffix-ataimight be a Greek inflection.Linguist Kim McCone suggests it comes from Proto-Celtic*galatis("ferocious, furious"), and was not originally an ethnic name but a name foryoung warrior bands. He says "If the Gauls' initial impact on the Mediterranean world was primarily a military one typically involving fierce young*galats, it would have been natural for the Greeks to apply this name for the type ofKeltoithat they usually encountered". Because Classical writers did not call the inhabitants of Britain and Ireland(Keltoi) orCeltae,some scholars prefer not to use the term for the Iron Age inhabitants of those islands.However, they spoke Celtic languages, shared other cultural traits, and Roman historianTacitussays the Britons resembled the Gauls in customs and religion. Extremely fine grade coin.
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Denomination: Obol
Historical Period: Greek (450 BC-100 AD)
Composition: Silver
Year: 404 BC
Era: Ancient
Grade: EF grade
Certification: ANLLC
