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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7267547, member: 91461&quot;]Like old Elvis (not that he ever got to be old. He was dead just three years older than I am now. I&#039;m trying not to say, &quot;fat&quot; Elvis as body shaming is lame... but that&#039;s what most folks call him during the late stages) the subject of the portrait on my latest acquisition, from CNG, may be chubby. But man O man does he have one helluva head of hair!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275165[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GAUL, Northwest. <i>Coriosolites</i>. </b>Circa 100-50 BC. BI Stater (19mm, 6.28 g, 6h). Celticized head right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear / Devolved charioteer-in-biga right; quadrilateral banner hanging from lash to right, [boar below]. Depeyrot, <i>NC</i> VIII, 186; D&amp;T 2340. Brown surfaces, hard green encrustation. VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275175[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275176[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Not too bad for a &quot;hefty old&quot; guy.&nbsp; Also, proof that El invented the world&#039;s first &quot;sexual mixed martial arts move???)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, unlike Elvis, we know next to nothing about the folks that made such beautiful and artistic coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275191[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even Julius Caesar and Pliny don&#039;t agree on their name (<i>Coriosolites vs</i> <i>Coriosvelites)</i>!</p><p>And we don&#039;t even know what the name means!!! Guesses are things like, &quot;those who watch over the troops&quot; and &quot;army for hire&quot; (mercenaries). But again, just guesses.</p><p>Judging from the map I&#039;ve discerned a few things:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275185[/ATTACH]</p><p>1-They liked the color yellow,</p><p>B-favorite food was more than likely banana, peanut butter and bacon sandwiches</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275186[/ATTACH]</p><p>(An actual photograph that Caesar captured of one of the Gallic warriors while on campaign)</p><p><br /></p><p>and 3- they probably died their naturally Brown hair black to make their steely blue eyes pop when they were on stage (though my coin features an Elvisolite<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> with green eyes).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few more coins with hair that would cut glass:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275192[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1275193[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1275194[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275195[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any corrections to my above stated facts will be dead on the toilet as my researching is impeccable. Don&#039;t get caught in that trap...</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Y_RCvsiavuM[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please post any Coriosolites, Celtic or Gallic coins, great heads of hair, actual stories of these people or whatever makes out with your girlfriend and then passes out on your couch![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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