The coins were minted during the reigns of several ... and declared himself emperor in Britain and northern Gaul; Allectus, who died in 296 and was a Roman-Britannic usurper-emperor from 293 ...

The coins – known as Staters – dated back to around 55BC, a time when the Roman emperor Julius Caesar had already conquered Gaul and was attempting to conquer Britain. The collection of coins ...

This gold coin dates from between 580AD and 630AD. The Merovingian Dynasty was based in ancient Gaul (which is now France) and dates from the middle of the 5th century AD. One side of the coin has ...