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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4170880, member: 100731"]The Osca one is a real beauty! It's on my wish list for a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>My Iberian coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074425[/ATTACH] </p><p>CELTS, Iberocelts. Denomination: AE semis, minted: Near Castillo, Iberia (current Spain); 200-100 BC</p><p>Obv: Male head right</p><p>Rev: Bull standing right; crescent above, Iberian KASTILO in exergue, and M in field.</p><p>Weight: 9.9g; Ø:mm. Catalogue: ACIP 2115?. Provenance: Ex Eldijk collection; acq.: 09-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074426[/ATTACH] </p><p>CELTS, Annonymous. Denomination: ae semis, minted: Obulco (current Porcuna, Spain); c 100 - 0 BC</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. NIG on the left, OBVULC on the right (off center)</p><p>Rev: Bull, crescent above</p><p>Weight: 3.63g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: CNH 81; SNG BM Spain 1473-5.. Provenance: Found near Baza, Spain; acq.: 12-2019</p><p>Strabo writes in his Geographies "Formerly the road passed on through the midst of the plain, and [the city of] Egelastae, which was both difficult and long, but they have now constructed a new road close to the sea, which merely touches upon the Plain of Rushes, and leads to the same places as the former, [viz.] Castlon, and Obulco, through which runs the road to Corduba and Gades, the two greatest emporia [of Iberia]. Obulco is distant about 300 stadia from Corduba. Historians report that Caesar came from Rome to Obulco, and to his army there, within the space of twenty-seven days, when about to fight the battle of Munda."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Celtic coin with an old provenance, the Mossop collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074427[/ATTACH] </p><p>CELTS, Durotriges celts. Denomination: AR Quarter Stater, minted: Durotriges region; 58 BC - AD 43</p><p>Obv: Either a boat, with two occupants standing, and multiple oars for rowing, or a wolf design; pellet rosette to right</p><p>Rev: Lightning bolt, pellets within annulet</p><p>Weight: 0g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: ABC 2211 corr.; VA 1260; BMC 2748-70. Provenance: Ex Mossop collection (), ex Eldijk collection; acq.: 09-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>And because I really, really like these two:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074428[/ATTACH] </p><p>CELTS, Ambiani celts. Denomination: AV stater, minted: Ambiani region, (current France, near Amiens); 58-55 BC</p><p>Obv: Blank</p><p>Rev: Disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above; crescent above pellet below, intertwined lines pattern in exergue</p><p>Weight: 6.02g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: Evans 1864 Pl.B8; Scheers 1977 series 24, class IV (type) . Provenance: Ex private collection (Found in France, ca. 2000); acq.: 08-2019</p><p>The Ambiani Celts were Belgic people of Celtic language. In 57 BC, when Julius Caesar started his Belgic campain, they were able to muster 10.000 armed men. However, when Julius Caesar came close to their capital Samarobriva (probably the modern Amiens), they submitted to Caesar. This gold stater was probably minted to finance the war against Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1074429[/ATTACH]</p><p>CELTS, Durotriges celts. Denomination: AR stater , minted: Durotriges region; 65 BC - 45 AD</p><p>Obv: Head of Apollo right, devolved to wreath and crescents</p><p>Rev: Disjointed horse left; pellets above, pellet in lozenge above tail, zigzag and pellet pattern between two parallel exergue lines</p><p>Weight: 4.05g; Ø:18mm. Catalogue: Van Arsdell 1235-1, ABC 2157, SCBC 365, Cranborne Chase (Durotrigan E) type. Provenance: Ex private collection ; acq.: 09-2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4170880, member: 100731"]The Osca one is a real beauty! It's on my wish list for a while. My Iberian coins: [ATTACH=full]1074425[/ATTACH] CELTS, Iberocelts. Denomination: AE semis, minted: Near Castillo, Iberia (current Spain); 200-100 BC Obv: Male head right Rev: Bull standing right; crescent above, Iberian KASTILO in exergue, and M in field. Weight: 9.9g; Ø:mm. Catalogue: ACIP 2115?. Provenance: Ex Eldijk collection; acq.: 09-2019 [ATTACH=full]1074426[/ATTACH] CELTS, Annonymous. Denomination: ae semis, minted: Obulco (current Porcuna, Spain); c 100 - 0 BC Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. NIG on the left, OBVULC on the right (off center) Rev: Bull, crescent above Weight: 3.63g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: CNH 81; SNG BM Spain 1473-5.. Provenance: Found near Baza, Spain; acq.: 12-2019 Strabo writes in his Geographies "Formerly the road passed on through the midst of the plain, and [the city of] Egelastae, which was both difficult and long, but they have now constructed a new road close to the sea, which merely touches upon the Plain of Rushes, and leads to the same places as the former, [viz.] Castlon, and Obulco, through which runs the road to Corduba and Gades, the two greatest emporia [of Iberia]. Obulco is distant about 300 stadia from Corduba. Historians report that Caesar came from Rome to Obulco, and to his army there, within the space of twenty-seven days, when about to fight the battle of Munda." My Celtic coin with an old provenance, the Mossop collection: [ATTACH=full]1074427[/ATTACH] CELTS, Durotriges celts. Denomination: AR Quarter Stater, minted: Durotriges region; 58 BC - AD 43 Obv: Either a boat, with two occupants standing, and multiple oars for rowing, or a wolf design; pellet rosette to right Rev: Lightning bolt, pellets within annulet Weight: 0g; Ø:12mm. Catalogue: ABC 2211 corr.; VA 1260; BMC 2748-70. Provenance: Ex Mossop collection (), ex Eldijk collection; acq.: 09-2019 And because I really, really like these two: [ATTACH=full]1074428[/ATTACH] CELTS, Ambiani celts. Denomination: AV stater, minted: Ambiani region, (current France, near Amiens); 58-55 BC Obv: Blank Rev: Disjointed horse right with remains of charioteer above; crescent above pellet below, intertwined lines pattern in exergue Weight: 6.02g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: Evans 1864 Pl.B8; Scheers 1977 series 24, class IV (type) . Provenance: Ex private collection (Found in France, ca. 2000); acq.: 08-2019 The Ambiani Celts were Belgic people of Celtic language. In 57 BC, when Julius Caesar started his Belgic campain, they were able to muster 10.000 armed men. However, when Julius Caesar came close to their capital Samarobriva (probably the modern Amiens), they submitted to Caesar. This gold stater was probably minted to finance the war against Julius Caesar. [ATTACH=full]1074429[/ATTACH] CELTS, Durotriges celts. Denomination: AR stater , minted: Durotriges region; 65 BC - 45 AD Obv: Head of Apollo right, devolved to wreath and crescents Rev: Disjointed horse left; pellets above, pellet in lozenge above tail, zigzag and pellet pattern between two parallel exergue lines Weight: 4.05g; Ø:18mm. Catalogue: Van Arsdell 1235-1, ABC 2157, SCBC 365, Cranborne Chase (Durotrigan E) type. Provenance: Ex private collection ; acq.: 09-2019[/QUOTE]
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