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title: Celtic Coin Showing Hercules
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13521/celtic-coin-showing-hercules/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Celtic Coin Showing Hercules
_Authored by The British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13521.png)
## Image Caption
A [Celtic](https://www.worldhistory.org/celt/) [coin](https://www.worldhistory.org/coinage/) from the [Iron Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Iron_Age/) Balkans. [Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/), 2nd-1st century BCE. The obverse shows [Dionysos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dionysos/) while the reverse shows a stylised [Hercules](https://www.worldhistory.org/hercules/) holding a club and lion skin. (British Museum, London)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. B. (2021, March 02). Celtic Coin Showing Hercules. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The British. "Celtic Coin Showing Hercules." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 02, 2021. .
### MLA
Museum, The British. "Celtic Coin Showing Hercules." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Mar 2021, .
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