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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 8161313, member: 95174&quot;]Okay I feel like a babe in the woods here, I picked up these two Celtic coins, I truly know nothing here except I liked the style of the portraits. </p><p><br /></p><p>I got turned on to this coinage from a few top 10 posts here at CT, Thank You [USER=17304]@kazuma78[/USER] [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER]&nbsp; And any other Best of lists that had Celtic coins I have forgotten. </p><p><br /></p><p>To start I got this one from Forum. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424516[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>95910. Billon stater, Hooker class II, group O (final group of the series), 91; cf. Cottam ABC 70, Delestrée-Tache 2340 - 2341, Allen-Nash 220, De la Tour 6634, gVF, toned, centered on a tight flan, edge split, 6.359g, 21.4mm, 180o, Northwest Gaul mint, c. 75 - 50 B.C.; obverse Celticized head right, spiral ear, round eye, “V” stalked lips, whisk ornament before face; reverse Celticized rider on horseback right, no reigns, beads on outside of tail, abstract rider shaped like a tennis racket, small cross of four pellets right (unstruck), boar left below; from the Errett Bishop Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, when I first had it in hand, I saw a drummer for the reverse, a talented fellow too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424520[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My other acquisition got here today, got it from bnumis.com in France.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1424522[/ATTACH] </p><p>A/ profil casqué à gauche avec double bandeau</p><p><br /></p><p>R/ aigle de face , les ailes déployées et tenant un serpent dans son bec</p><p><br /></p><p>3.13 g</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is the first time I purchased the coins without reference books.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Commentaire :</p><p><br /></p><p>Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnel et portrait de grand qualité !</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank You all for sharing your best of year coins, gave me a new direction on a new collection. These two are where it starts for me. </p><p><br /></p><p><u>Post your Celtics. Lets see some more.</u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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