TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roymans,Nico
AU  - Creemers,G.
AU  - Scheers,Simone
AU  - 
TI  - Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul
T2  - Amsterdam Archaeological Studies
SN  - 9789048514847
AV  - CJ277 .L384 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Coins, Ancient
KW  - Gaul
KW  - Benelux countries
KW  - Numismatics
KW  - Coin hoards
KW  - Goldwork, Celtic
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Belgium
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Late Iron Age Gold Hoards from the Low Countries and the Caesarian Conquest of Northern Gaul; contents; preface; Eight gold hoards from the Low Countries. A synthesis; The gold hoard of Fraire; Three gold hoards from Thuin; Remains of a disturbed gold hoard at Orp-le-Grand?; The gold hoard of Heers; The gold and silver hoard of Maastricht-Amby; Analytical investigation of Late Iron Age gold hoards from the Low Countries; list of contributors; 2; b
N2  - This richly illustrated volume analyses eight new Celtic gold hoards from the southern Netherlands and Belgium, consisting of gold coinage and in several cases also gold ornaments. The study of these hoards provides a wealth of new information on the archaeological contexts in which they were found, on the dating of many coin types and jewelry, and on the social role of gold in pre-Roman society. All these hoards seem to have been buried in the 50s BC, thus making a direct association with the historical context of Caesar's war campaigns in Northern Gaul very plausible. This makes the volume i
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