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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4584309, member: 96898&quot;][USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] , you appear to have an enviable talent for always finding coins that are both very unusual and desirable – and this one is a prime example. What a nice Celtic raven!</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin below is a punning type: the raven in the center of the coat of arms refers to Matthias Corvinus&#039; (adopted) family name. Latin <i>corvus</i> is &quot;raven.&quot;</p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1135340[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Hungary, under Matthias Corvinus, AR denár, 1487–1490 AD, Kremnitz mint, moneyer: Peter Schaider. Obv: + M • MATHIE • R • VNGARIE • ; quartered shield with stripes (Árpad), double cross (Hungary), leopard heads (Dalmatia), and lion (Bohemia); in central inescutcheon, raven with ring. Rev: PATRON VNGARIE; Madonna with child; in field r., rose of Peter Schaider (Oberkammergraf). 16mm, 0.57g. Ref: Huszár 722; Unger 567b/c; Pohl 223-1.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Here is a much more common Celtic potin showing a much less exciting animal:</font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1135341[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Western Celts: Senones, cast AE (&quot;potin&quot;), ca. 80–50BC, north-western Gaul, region of Sens. Obv: head with six braids r. Rev: stylized horse l., two pellets in fields. 19mm, 4.66g. Ref: De la Tour 7417; Castelin 701; BMC 389.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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