Did Some Celtic Coins Morph From Greek?
I was researching ancient Celtic coins and found a great site by John Hooker & Carin Perron. Through this website you have access to over 28,000 records and images of Celtic coins as indexed at the Oxford Institute of Archeology.
Why am I researching this? It is because the characters in my book use coins. I want to be as accurate as possible regarding the coins, and this site is a starting off point.
They even have animated “morphing” coins that show a Greek coin morphing into a Celtic one to show the similarity and highlight the differences. Below is the Greek one and the Celtic one they think was based on it.
![Greek Coin Greek Coin](http://www.writer2001.com/morphparisii/01-00003.jpg)
![Celtic Coin Celtic Coin](http://www.writer2001.com/morphparisii/c02.jpg)
Very fascinating! Based on just this one coin, I’d say the Celts were very creative. Go to the site and see the animated morph yourself. It is worth it!