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I thought this cool little horse coin looked like a sweet Friday night snag ...

Celtic Gaul, Senones AE "Cast" Potin
Date: 100-50 BC
Diameter: 17.8 mm
Weight: 4.0 grams
Obverse: Wild head left
Reverse: Celtic stylized horse with pellets around





... I don't have a whole lotta Celtic coins, but I always love seeing their abstract designs!! (very cool) ... I hope that you like my new addition

=> please feel free to post any Celtic examples .... ummm, or any examples of horses playing soccer and/or haki-sack!!

You guys rock

Cheers

 

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My other "questionable" Celtic coin is the following ...

Macedonian Under Philip V & Perseus AE16 (Celtic)
187-168 BC
Strymon & Trident




Oh, and "no" that's not bronze disease ... it is the other green thang ...

=> Mister-Trusty-Crusty-Green!!

 

Yah, I was gonna copy this and adjust it as though I'd written it myself (like several others), but instead I figured "ehhh, this wiki-dude has done at least as much research as I have on this $65 dollar coin, so let er buck!!"

... enjoy ... it is very interesting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senones


... oh, and my new coin is way nicer than theirs (hee-hee) ... up yours, wiki!!

 

Nice coin lil bro. I've been looking to pick up a Celtic or two, but just haven't found one within my budget. Congrats

 

Thanks for the coin-compliment, my good friend ...

=> huh, but I didn't think that $65 bucks (delivered) was too much to pay for a 2000 year old coin with a cool soccer playin' horse ?!!



Pellets?

... what? ... who said that?

Hey "Pellets" ... yah, that's not bad .....

Ummm, amongst the other stuff that I've already mentioned, you dudes could certainly post any coins with "pellets" on 'em ...

 

Lovely pickup steve.

 

NOTE => all of those previous coins with the extremely cool "pellets" on 'em have been CAST AE coins "except" for that sweet lil' double-dolphin (one of my favourites)


... yes, that's a good lil' dolphin ...

 

Oh, I also have this lil' sweet pellet-example ...

Anonymous AE quadrans
128 BC
Three pellets before prow



Carthage, AE20
300-264 BC
Pellet below horse head



... good-night ... I'll look for more pellet-coins, tomorrow!

 

Man, I love my new Celtic Gaul coin ...


=> please show me some sweet love, my awesome coin peeps!!

 

Well here is my pellet...



and some horses, except they are not playing soccer.

 

i love the style of the celtic coins...that's a great on stevex, the horse is awesome...but the "sonic the hedgehog" obverse if fantastic also!

 

Cool one Steve!

 

At the moment I have only one Celtic coin in hand but another very fun Celtic is (hopefully) in the mail!


CELTIC, High and Middle Seine
1st century BCE
"Bald Head" potin, 17.6 mm, 3.4 gm
Obv: bald head left
Rev: boar standing left; below, three semicircles stacked on the exergual line
Ref: BN 9100, Mon XV 989
Note: often attributed to the Leuci tribe, this type now seems to be classified as as uncertain, Seine.

To preempt Mat's predictable comment, yes, I have since treated the this coin for presumed bronze disease and am keeping an eye on it

 

Thanks for posting your coins, icerain & TIF (super additions to the thread) ...

TIF => I sure hope that your postal problems eventually result in a happy ending!

 

Celtic Gaul ... according to my friends at wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauls

 

Keep it comming

 

thanks, brother

 

Okay.

 

ahahaha, that's awesome! (thanks, Bob L.) => you made me choke on my wine!!

Ahhhh, Gumby and Pokey (good times)

NOTE: Pokey actually played goal in the 1978 World Cup Final game (little known factoid)

 

With apologies...your beautiful coin deserves better than this abuse (but I couldn't resist):