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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 4813568, member: 14873&quot;]Great coin and wonderful depiction/presentation of it (as usual) TIF! Your animated GIF is very funny - but at the same time very instructional..</p><p><br /></p><p>I have recently posted this elsewhere but I would like to post it here also:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6263053b-6a1c-4066-bad3-9da212009018-jpeg.1165417/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>British Celtic silver coin, minted by the Corieltavi tribe</p><p>ABC 1938; Van Arsdell 914, 15.27 mm, .99 gram, 15-40 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse depiction: none (plain surface).</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse depiction: stylized horse galloping left.</p><p>Inscription: AVN above, [CO] below (Aun Cost - Corieltavi king)</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex. Chris Rudd List 101 (September 2008), lot 40.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cataloged in the British Museum collection:</p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1991-1110-138" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1991-1110-138" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1991-1110-138</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is contemporaneous with the Queen of the Brigantes, Cartimandua, and her association with the conquest of Britain by Claudius. It could possibly have been used by her tribe who did not mint their own coins but who were close allies with the Corieltavi tribe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Background information: The Time Travellers (UK) Brigantes study group:</p><p><a href="http://www.thetimetravellers.org.uk/brigantes-group.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thetimetravellers.org.uk/brigantes-group.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetimetravellers.org.uk/brigantes-group.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am beginning to submit to the allure of (British) Celtic coins - but it does seem that Celtic coins can get pricey, as Bing said (also TIF earlier).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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