Whaaam! Man, that strike is like, ka-blammm! Look at the relief on that horse! I've never seen one so high up off the fields of the coin. Oh. I just saw the author icon in the OP. A panzerman coin. That explains everything.
That's one of the most attractively well-struck Celtic coins I have ever seen ---a super gold stater!!
One day, the smith forged a hammer that was to be used at the mint. Everyone told him it was too big. Surely no one could wield such a hammer! Except perhaps that big, beefy farm lad they called Lugh the Log-Roller. But the smith would not listen. He made the huge hammer anyway. And indeed, no one at the mint could even lift it well, let alone bring it down upon the dies with any accuracy. So they called for Lugh the Log-Roller. And they gave him the mighty hammer. And he struck the dies with a tremendous, crashing bang. The glistening gold stater fell hot from the dies. From that day henceforth, Lugh the Log-Roller would become known instead as Lugh Hammerfist or Lugh the Coin Crusher. And it was good. The End. (Until much, much later, when someone with a metal detector came along ... and then panzerman.)
Just got home from a LONG day at work. Thanks for all the nice comments. With every passing day, I love this hobby more and more. Thank God, that the Lydians invented coinage 27 centuries ago. Sometimes I even dream about coins, unfortunately, I never seem to find any buried treasure in real life.
Maybe you don't have the thrill of finding buried treasure (I can tell you from firsthand experience - that's a real rush), but you get the thrill - as we all do - of owning buried treasure. And you happen to own some treasures that many of us could only dream of owning.
Of the best I have ever seen (and I have hundreds of celtics, my favourites)! Thank ye very much for to share this cool eye-candy!! Congrats, comrade!!!
