In the first century BC the borders of modern France would have fitted comfortably within those of ancient Gaul, home to dozens of Celtic tribes including the Ambiani, the Belgae, the Atrebates and the Parisii. Each tribe issued its own currency with designs influenced by the coins of Ancient Greece, which had come to the region hundreds of years earlier with Greek traders and colonists (see figures 1 and 2).
The Romans waged war on Gaul for more than a century until Julius Caesar overcame the greatest Gaulish leader, Vercingetorix at Alesia in 52BC. Following that victory Celtic coins
