Baby Elephants Play Pat-a-Cake

Or maybe two tapirs?

Apparently not:

CELTIC GAUL, THE SENONES. RARE CAST POTIN.

OBVERSE: Two rampant goats facing one another; pellet between, annulet between hind legs
REVERSE: Rampant wolf and boar facing one another; pellet between.
De la Tour 7458. VF Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 4.2 g.

My first Celtic

Please feel free to pile on with your elephants, goats, wolves, boars or tapir.

 

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First the Flying Spaghetti Monster, now rampant wolves and bears and goats? What the hell is going on around here today??

Congrats on your first Celtic!

 

That is fantastic!!

 

"Baby Elephants Play Pat-a-Cake"

=> Man, that is a pretty sweet description of what I see when I gaze upon that awesome coin!! (great new addition, Pishpash) ... that's a fun coin!!

 

I like it.
Who doesn't like baby animals?
I don't care what they are . . . cute comes to mind.
What a coin.
Having similar Obv. and Rev. it is like getting two for the price of one, and it is a nice example of a big coin, to boot.
You have done well.

 

I thought it was baby elephants playing pat-a-cake with the flying spaghetti monster??

 

spaghetti hoop on the reverse?

 

That's what I see, with little spaghettis coming off of the hoop.

 

It will now be known as the elephant spaghetti coin.

 

Those do look alot like tapirs though! Excellent pickup!

 

I know they don't look like goats

And thank you everybody for your nice comments.

 

On a serious note, is there any scholarship on the dating of these coins? Were these the Senones that settled in Italy around 400 BC and later? Or are they the Senones that engaged in hostilities with Julius Caesar much later?

 

Neat addition!

 

i haven't seen anything quite like that pish, what an interesting coin!

the obverse looks like those ghosts that hung out with casper...but kind of his frienemies.

 

Very nice Pish, Obv. couple ant eaters, Rev couple of shrimp. still very cool!!

 

@JA the date that the seller (and wildwinds) gives is 100-60 BC so I assume that it could be either tribe. the only information I have been able to find on the coin has come from wildwinds.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/celtic/gaul/senones/t.html

 

=> well, I certainly can't ignore a friendly, warm and genuine animal-coin invite (thanks Pishpash)

 

Ummm, I think that's it for those animals ... thanks again for the coin-invite!!

 

Excellent coins I love them

 

Tapirs are native to Central and South America and Southeast Asia. Not likely to be seen on an old world coin.