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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4284082, member: 74834&quot;][USER=87404]@Justin Lee[/USER] I love your Larissa horse that&#039;s about to lie down! Very subtle.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you say Horse, I say: Celts! The most beautifully artistic horses were made by Celtic celators. We saw already some from [USER=77704]@panzerman[/USER] and here are some more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antedios, Iceni (Norfolk, Britain). A thin silver, hollow coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090102[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another, lovely <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-point-on-celtic-coins.356051/#post-4210381" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-point-on-celtic-coins.356051/#post-4210381">Iceni coin</a>, what a joyful work of art!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Potin Senones, 80-50 BC. Obv. Head facing r. with 6 strands of hair. Rev. Horse l. with long whipping tail, two pellets in field. 20 mm, 3.57 gr. The Senones lived in the area around Sens. De La Tour 7417.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090119[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictones (around Poitiers). Electrum stater 120-60 BC. Obv. Head of the god Ogmius. Rev. Rider on a human-faced horse. Under it, a hand. 20 mm, 6.23 gr. De La Tour 4395.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090120[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Suessiones. Potin. Obv. Four leech-like forms. Rev. Elegant horse with ringlets. 20 mm, 5.17 gr. De La Tour 7673. A most beautiful foal with long legs and a large eye - basking in the sun.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Iberia, Konterbia Karbika, AE unit (‘As’). After 133 BC. Obv. Head r., left a text, right an animal (dolphin?). Rev. Rider on a lively horse, text in exergue. 22.5 mm, 9.13 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090126[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Iberia, Castulo. AE unit. Early 2nd century BC. Obv. Diademed male head right. Little hand right. Rev. Sphinx standing right, raising forepaw, to right. Burgos 701 (or 544?). 30 mm, 14.69 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Celts. Pannonia. AE Tetradrachme, Kapostal type (Kaposvölgyi, Kapos river, 20 km north of Pécs in Hungary). Obv.: Head t.r. with granulated surface. Rev.: Horse and rider t.l. 21 mm, 8.95 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Celts, Lower Danube. Uncertain tribe. Third century BC. Early imitation of a Philip II tetradrachm of Amphipolis. Obv. Laureate head of Zeus t.r., behind it, a leaf. Rev. Jockey and horse riding t.r. Under it, labda over a bucranium. Under the prancing leg of the horse, an A. 24.5 mm<b>, </b>13.85 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Celts, mint in the Central Carpathian region, Tetradrachm 2nd century BC. Scyphate. Obv. Vague Zeus head to the right, ‘Kinnlos’. Rev. Rider on a horse, ‘Entenschnabel’. 24 mm, 12.38 gr. Sergeev 70-71 (p. 36). Aninoasa-Dobresti type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1090145[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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