The Celator

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| name = The Celator

| image = Celator magazine cover February 2010.jpg

| caption = Cover of February 2010 issue

| type = Monthly

| format = Magazine

| foundation = 1987

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| editor = Wayne Sayles (1987–1999)
Kerry Wetterstrom (1999–2012)

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| language = English

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| headquarters = Lancaster, PA

| ISSN = 1048-0986

| website = [https://wgs.cc/celator/ The Celator]

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The Celator was a monthly magazine covering ancient coins and the ancient coin market.{{cite book |last1=Berman |first1=Allen G. |title=Warman's Coins And Paper Money |date=2008 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=589 |isbn=978-1-4402-1915-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhJjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT589 |access-date=26 October 2023}}{{cite book |last1=Vagi |first1=David |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |page=1374 |isbn=978-1-135-97125-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIEYDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT1374 |access-date=26 October 2023}} It was founded in 1987 by coin dealer Wayne Sayles in a newsprint format.{{cite web|title=The Celator|url=http://wgs.website/celator/|work=WGS|accessdate=16 November 2015}} The Celator was then edited and published by Kerry Wetterstrom in magazine format.[http://coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html Coin Collecting for Beginners discusses The Celator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203110551/http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html |date=2008-02-03 }} From 1988 to 1995 a yearly Best of The Celator was printed. The magazine was based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.{{cite book|author=Wayne G. Sayles|title=Ancient Coin Collecting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VonX-nPVFn4C&pg=PA54|accessdate=16 November 2015|date=1 July 2003|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|isbn=0-87349-515-2|page=54}}

The Celator ceased publication in 2012.

The Celator won awards from the Numismatic Literary Guild including Best Column (in 2004 and 2005), Best Article (in 2005 and 2006), and Best Issue (in 2006).[http://www.numismaticliteraryguild.org/ NLG web site]