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<p>[QUOTE="Egry, post: 4725472, member: 113686"][USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] for twisting my rubber arm, I was hesitant to share until I researched a bit more on my own, but a friendly message from a fellow CT’er has resulted in the post below.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my only sceatta, I know nothing about it other than it’s possibly from Frisia. I was told by the person I purchased it from that the image on these coins are probably a result of crude copies of the Constantine coins where a She-wolf is suckling Romulus and Remus, I have no idea if this is true though. But this is something similar you see with the horse on Celtic copies of Philip II tetradracms. Initially the horse looks good then after about 200 years it appears More like something out of a Tim Burton movie</p><p><br /></p><p>Any history or information would be more than appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157454[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Egry, post: 4725472, member: 113686"][USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] for twisting my rubber arm, I was hesitant to share until I researched a bit more on my own, but a friendly message from a fellow CT’er has resulted in the post below. This is my only sceatta, I know nothing about it other than it’s possibly from Frisia. I was told by the person I purchased it from that the image on these coins are probably a result of crude copies of the Constantine coins where a She-wolf is suckling Romulus and Remus, I have no idea if this is true though. But this is something similar you see with the horse on Celtic copies of Philip II tetradracms. Initially the horse looks good then after about 200 years it appears More like something out of a Tim Burton movie Any history or information would be more than appreciated. [ATTACH=full]1157454[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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