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<p>[QUOTE="DCCR, post: 4849663, member: 106566"]The last one is also a Cataslugi coin - "VIIRICIVS, classe II". DT.506. See <a href="https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-sup,v38_1610,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-sup,v38_1610,a.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-ttb,bga_504069,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-ttb,bga_504069,a.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> for examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>I recognised the first coin because I had been looking at Cataslugi coins about an hour before I saw your post and I remembered the shape under the horse. I found the second one by flicking through the plates in DT. It's at the bottom of the last page, which is where I started, and the reverse is distinctive. The third one took longer, but was still just flicking through DT, checking on the CGBFR archive for that type, then doing a die comparison in Photoshop to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've found that doing a textual search for celtic coins is a waste of time. Horse, head, wreath, pellet, ring, line. Despite all of their coins being very diverse, they used the same basic elements all the time so it's really hard to get anywhere without just looking at pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DCCR, post: 4849663, member: 106566"]The last one is also a Cataslugi coin - "VIIRICIVS, classe II". DT.506. See [URL='https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-sup,v38_1610,a.html']here[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cgbfr.com/pagus-catuslugi-sanctuaire-de-bois-labbe-seine-maritime-bronze-viiricivs-classe-ii-ttb,bga_504069,a.html']here[/URL] for examples. I recognised the first coin because I had been looking at Cataslugi coins about an hour before I saw your post and I remembered the shape under the horse. I found the second one by flicking through the plates in DT. It's at the bottom of the last page, which is where I started, and the reverse is distinctive. The third one took longer, but was still just flicking through DT, checking on the CGBFR archive for that type, then doing a die comparison in Photoshop to be sure. I've found that doing a textual search for celtic coins is a waste of time. Horse, head, wreath, pellet, ring, line. Despite all of their coins being very diverse, they used the same basic elements all the time so it's really hard to get anywhere without just looking at pictures.[/QUOTE]
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