Gallia. Tolosates. 2nd century BC. AR Drachm (2.65g). LT 2986; Savès 75. Old cabinet tone. The sole Celtic coinage depicting an Ethiopian! Choice extremely fine. From a private collection

"We are whiter and brighter in our souls than the whitest of you" (Pseudo-Callisthenes 3.18). The Ethiopians were indeed considered in ancient times as the most religious people. Diodorus of Sicily also claimed that Heracles and Dionysus were both "awaded by the piety" of the Ethiopians, whose sacrifices were the most acceptable to the gods