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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2149701, member: 42634"]i picked this coin up the same time i got my recently posted postumus coin. i wasn't even aware of the type, but the same seller it for less than 30 bucks...it "wowed" me when i first laid eyes on it.. so i threw it in the cart as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6396_zpsdhzcv5ag.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6396_zpsdhzcv5ag.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6396_zpsdhzcv5ag.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>CELTIC GAUL. Leuci.</p><p>Boar Standard Series, 1st century BC.</p><p>Potin Unit</p><p>O: Celticized head</p><p>R: Boar standing, ‘mountains’ below.</p><p>LT 9155</p><p>18 mm</p><p>3.2g</p><p><br /></p><p>here's map of from wikipedia of where the leuci hung out, middle right, modern lorraine...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Map_Gallia_Tribes_Towns.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>i wonder if those "hills" on the reverse are the "vosegus mountains"?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2215/1726173324_e783d5284b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2149701, member: 42634"]i picked this coin up the same time i got my recently posted postumus coin. i wasn't even aware of the type, but the same seller it for less than 30 bucks...it "wowed" me when i first laid eyes on it.. so i threw it in the cart as well. [URL='http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6396_zpsdhzcv5ag.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/102_6396_zpsdhzcv5ag.jpg[/IMG][/URL] CELTIC GAUL. Leuci. Boar Standard Series, 1st century BC. Potin Unit O: Celticized head R: Boar standing, ‘mountains’ below. LT 9155 18 mm 3.2g here's map of from wikipedia of where the leuci hung out, middle right, modern lorraine... [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Map_Gallia_Tribes_Towns.png[/IMG] i wonder if those "hills" on the reverse are the "vosegus mountains"? [IMG]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2215/1726173324_e783d5284b.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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