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MYSTERY MAN ON COIN

You may be asking yourself, who? The name Esunertos may not ring a bell with historians or numismatists, but nevertheless, it appears this may have been a usurper to Atrebate tribal ruler Commius during the late first century B.C. in Celtic Britain.

Without perhaps as much fanfare as it deserves, a gold coin on which the name Esunertos appears was auctioned on September 28 by Spink in Great Britain.

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