The British Museum's unrivalled collection of over 4,500 pieces minted at the end of the Iron Age in the first century B.C. untill immediately before the Roman invasion of Britain in A.D. 43, is published for the first time in this comprehensive catalogue. A full listing of the coins is provided, from the earliest British gold and silver of the mid - first century B.C. to the so - called dynastic issues in the central part of Britain and the distinctive regional issues of the peripheral coin using areas. Indices are provided for the inscriptions and hoards and the vast range of symbols which appear on the coins. An extensive bibliography and concordance is included and each piece is illustrated.
