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WHERE THERE ARE COINS, THERE MUST BE MARKETS.

November 15, 2008 at 12:04 PM · Economics, History

WHERE THERE ARE COINS, THERE MUST BE MARKETS. This article tells of the discovery in the Netherlands of Celtic gold coins which were minted by the Eburones (a tribe that Julius Caesar claimed to have wiped out in 53 B.C) and also of Celtic silver coins which were minted by tribes further north. Coins are strong evidence that there were local markets in Caesar’s Gaul.