I have bought quite few coins from Spain, I bought this Castulo coin from a seller in Spain they would not ship to the United States so I had it sent to my very good friend in Spain. He then sent the coin to me and it arrived yesterday. My friend Juan Antonio also sent me a gift in the package with a proto money that is just awesome, I love it. #1 CASTULO ANCIENT SPAIN CELTIBERIANS 2nd Cen. BC SEMIS (10.7 grams, 22 mm) Obv: Laureate male head to the right. Rev: Bull standing right. Crescent upward above. MI before. Legend beneath #2 CeltIberian. Proto-money, 6th-2nd century BC
My Friend knew I had wanted some proto money pieces and had sent me a pic of some that were offered up as a lot for sale by a guy He knows. I decided it was more than I wanted to pay so He ended up getting one of them anyway and gave it me as a gift. Here is the same exact one circled in the pic of a lot of them.
@John Conduitt The style of the one given to me is called a palm tree Aes formatum is this correct ? What would the heart shape or tear drop shape be called ? Thank you !
bcuda, your Iberian collection is very nice. So nice of you for posting them. These are two of my favorite coins from Castulo. I traded a good portion of my US silver quarter collection for the As at a local coin show one year. The Semis came from Ebay at a steal several years ago. I don't see that much anymore. A new semis just arrived yesterday in the mail after about a month of waiting. I'll try to get it photographed one of these days and posted.
CASTULO Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star 2nd C BCE Iberia Castulo Late 2nd C BC AE As 25mm Bust Nose Hand Sphinx
After posting up the pics of my Iberian Castulo coins I noticed I did not have pics of all of them. So here are 3 more that I took pics of today. And 3 more that I purchased today. I am trying to put together a complete set of all of the different denominations and variants. View attachment 1143738 View attachment 1143739
@doucet @Alegandron and @Bing You all have some nice Castulo coins I love them all ! I can remember seeing so many different ones of them from the metal detectors that would meet in a little plaza every Sunday to buy sell and trade when I was in Spain and I thought wow I will never be able to find all those different ones metal detecting.