Posted on 03/20/2018 5:00:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Brtain, not Egypt or Greece — prehistoric means, before writing.
I’d have quibbled with this because Celtic Ogham was quite clearly in use before the Romans got to Britain.
The coin looks Celtic to me. Very characteristic curves and patterns. I’m guessing the Gauls minted it before the conquest.
I never understood how coins worked back in ancient times. Why weren’t they considered worthless being that they weren’t backed up by anything? I would think trade would be more valuable. Say you sell a bunch of animal skins to somebody and they give you coins, what are you going to do with the coins when you make your living from hunting, gathering, trapping, and growing crops? It’s not like they had Viking grocery stores
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