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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 8135872, member: 74712"]I’ve found myself looking at a number of Celtic coins lately, but am unsure what references or catalogues are available to help identify them. What do you all recommend? I see Rudd’s book on Ancient British Coins, but was hoping to find something that covered the continent. Sear’s book on Ancient Greek Coins and their Values covers some, but as we all know this is by no means a complete source (and so far it doesn’t look like CNG’s Handbook on Greek Coins will have a volume on Celtic coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>so what sources do you use? And for fun, here is my only Celtic coin so far (minor write-up <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celtic-the-durotriges.295132/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celtic-the-durotriges.295132/">here</a>):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417663[/ATTACH] Celtic - Britannia</p><p>The Durotriges (58 B.C.-43 A.D.)</p><p>Cranborne Chase Type AR Stater, 19mm x 5.95 grams</p><p>Obv.: Wreath, cloak and crescents</p><p>Rev.: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, twelve pellets above</p><p>Ref.: SCBC 366, SGCV 172[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 8135872, member: 74712"]I’ve found myself looking at a number of Celtic coins lately, but am unsure what references or catalogues are available to help identify them. What do you all recommend? I see Rudd’s book on Ancient British Coins, but was hoping to find something that covered the continent. Sear’s book on Ancient Greek Coins and their Values covers some, but as we all know this is by no means a complete source (and so far it doesn’t look like CNG’s Handbook on Greek Coins will have a volume on Celtic coins). so what sources do you use? And for fun, here is my only Celtic coin so far (minor write-up [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/celtic-the-durotriges.295132/']here[/URL]): [ATTACH=full]1417663[/ATTACH] Celtic - Britannia The Durotriges (58 B.C.-43 A.D.) Cranborne Chase Type AR Stater, 19mm x 5.95 grams Obv.: Wreath, cloak and crescents Rev.: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, pellet below, twelve pellets above Ref.: SCBC 366, SGCV 172[/QUOTE]
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