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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7329814, member: 97383"]<b>Spaniard</b>, That was a great score & interesting article <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! <b>Tasciovanus76</b>, what a spectacular find <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! I envy you Brits who can trek around fields with a metal detector & come up with finds like that <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Where I live the best finds in the ground are bottle caps, pocket change, & if you're real lucky a Native American artifact. I added a handsome Celtic gold coin to my collection from CNG Triton XXIV, session 4, pictured below <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280478[/ATTACH] <b>CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni, </b><i><b>Cunobelin. </b></i><b>Circa AD 10-43, AV Stater: 18 mm, 5.42 gm, 12 h. Camulodunum Mint. Obverse: Ear of barley, CA MV. Reverse: Galloping horse with palm branch above, war shield below, 3 pellets in the field, in exergue CVNO. ABC 2786, Van Arsdell 2010-1, SCBC 286.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Most authors fail to identify the war shield below the horse, including Rudd & Van Arsdell, instead calling it "pellet in ring". Pictured below is the famous Celtic war shield boss that was found in the Thames River.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280488[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Celts were pretty much "Romanized" by the time my coin was struck. They had a solid knowledge of Greco-Roman art history & were smart business men. The obverse design on my stater was clearly copied from a Metapontum nomos, circa 540-510 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280494[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In essence my coin is a Celtic advertisement for agricultural trade products & mercenary soldiers for hire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7329814, member: 97383"][B]Spaniard[/B], That was a great score & interesting article :happy:! [B]Tasciovanus76[/B], what a spectacular find :jawdrop:! I envy you Brits who can trek around fields with a metal detector & come up with finds like that :smuggrin:. Where I live the best finds in the ground are bottle caps, pocket change, & if you're real lucky a Native American artifact. I added a handsome Celtic gold coin to my collection from CNG Triton XXIV, session 4, pictured below :D. [ATTACH=full]1280478[/ATTACH] [B]CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni, [/B][I][B]Cunobelin. [/B][/I][B]Circa AD 10-43, AV Stater: 18 mm, 5.42 gm, 12 h. Camulodunum Mint. Obverse: Ear of barley, CA MV. Reverse: Galloping horse with palm branch above, war shield below, 3 pellets in the field, in exergue CVNO. ABC 2786, Van Arsdell 2010-1, SCBC 286.[/B] Most authors fail to identify the war shield below the horse, including Rudd & Van Arsdell, instead calling it "pellet in ring". Pictured below is the famous Celtic war shield boss that was found in the Thames River. [ATTACH=full]1280488[/ATTACH] The Celts were pretty much "Romanized" by the time my coin was struck. They had a solid knowledge of Greco-Roman art history & were smart business men. The obverse design on my stater was clearly copied from a Metapontum nomos, circa 540-510 BC. [ATTACH=full]1280494[/ATTACH] In essence my coin is a Celtic advertisement for agricultural trade products & mercenary soldiers for hire.[/QUOTE]
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