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Iron Age Coin Moulds from France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

J. Tournaire
Affiliation:
J. Tournaire, 11 rue des Flycuies, 36130 Deds, France
O. Buchsenschutz
Affiliation:
O. Buchsenschutz, La Coutanderie, Moulins/Céphons, 36110 Levroux, France
J. Henderson
Affiliation:
J. Henderson, Postgraduate School of Studies in Physics, The University, Bradford BD7 1DP, England
J. Collis
Affiliation:
Dr J. R. Collis, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, The University, Sheffield S10 2TN, England

Abstract

Analyses of recent finds of ‘coin moulds’ from Levroux (Indre) and Aulnat (Puy-de-Dôme), France, confirm that these objects were used for casting globules of gold and silver. Though quantitatively the majority of recorded finds come from defended oppida, more than half the sites to produce ‘coin moulds’ are open settlements, suggesting coin production was not centralised, at least in the second century BC.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1982

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