Gaulish coin workshop discovered in France challenges ancient history
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Archaeologists in Corent, Puy-de-Dôme, France, uncovered a large workshop where people made coins during the period before the Gallic Wars (58 to 51 BC).
Matthieu Poux, the archaeologist leading the dig, believes this site is the largest ancient monetary workshop known, not only in Celtic Europe but in the entire ancient world.
The workshop produced local bronze coins, but also silver and gold staters, a type of coin, belonging to the Arverni people, who lived in the region and widely circulated them throughout Gaul. The team excavated an area of 500 square meters revealing a thick wall at least 40 meters long with a narrow passage. Along the wall, they found a series of small cells equipped with fireplaces or ovens and supplied with water.
The structures are currently only visible as traces at ground level. Poux cautioned against drawing firm conclusions until further research is completed, but he expressed confidence in the significance of the find. The site will be covered to protect it from looting until the next excavation season.
