Celtic silver coin - help to ID

[Templar09]

Hello,

I find this beauty. Can someone help with ID, i have no success so far... Diameter of coin is 9mm.

Regards,

 

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[dugupfinds]

Hi,

I emailed the leading expert & he writes:

thanks for this, it's an interesting one. I *think* this is an Armorican Iron Age coin, ie from what is now Brittany and Normandy. The reason is that about the only detail I can make out is that the horse appears to have a human head, which is characteristic of Armorican coinage.

In the meantime do you have any idea of the size or weight of this? That would be very helpful in trying to track it down.

 

[Templar09]

size: 9mm
weight: 0.5 g

Interesting, horse appears to have a human head... I found this picture on the web (replika) searching for Armorican tribe and coinage. Very nice, it was very hard to find one...

Regards

 

[dugupfinds]

size: 9mm
weight: 0.5 g

Interesting, horse appears to have a human head... I found this picture on the web (replika) searching for Armorican tribe and coinage. Very nice, it was very hard to find one...

Regards

I've emailed the details, when I get an answer, I let you know.

 

[{Sentinel}]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

 

[Montana Jim]

Horse? I thought it was a cricket or grasshopper!

I give up...

 

[dugupfinds]

thanks for the weight and diameter. This is a bit smaller than I was expecting but it does help to narrow the type down a bit further. Basically I still think this is Armorican, specifically a type of coin known as the 'petit billon armoricain'. These are a poorly understood group of coins, very light and in base silver, of many different designs including several with the human-headed horse characteristic of Armorican Iron Age coinage. They are usually found in Brittany and Normandy at temple sites, and they may somehow be equivalent to the silver minims that are found at temple sites in southern Britain. They are thought to be quite late in date, possibly after the Gallic War in some cases (so say c. 40 BC).

Above is his answer. Where was it found, France, Germany, UK?

 

[Eu_citzen]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

You forgot the pull tabs, nails, tooth paste tubs...What a blessing!
Here in sweden it is hard to find such nice stuff...

 

[Templar09]

thanks for the weight and diameter. This is a bit smaller than I was expecting but it does help to narrow the type down a bit further. Basically I still think this is Armorican, specifically a type of coin known as the 'petit billon armoricain'. These are a poorly understood group of coins, very light and in base silver, of many different designs including several with the human-headed horse characteristic of Armorican Iron Age coinage. They are usually found in Brittany and Normandy at temple sites, and they may somehow be equivalent to the silver minims that are found at temple sites in southern Britain. They are thought to be quite late in date, possibly after the Gallic War in some cases (so say c. 40 BC).

Above is his answer. Where was it found, France, Germany, UK?

I am from Slovenia. Hope this help a bit.

 

[Templar09]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

You forgot the pull tabs, nails, tooth paste tubs...What a blessing!
Here in sweden it is hard to find such nice stuff...

I also hate all the trash, its killing my morale, but only modern type
I think metal detectors are in stone age. If you dont want to miss good stuff, you have to dig everything... and that is a real blessing!

 

[Eu_citzen]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

You forgot the pull tabs, nails, tooth paste tubs...What a blessing!
Here in sweden it is hard to find such nice stuff...

I also hate all the trash, its killing my morale, but only modern type
I think metal detectors are in stone age. If you dont want to miss good stuff, you have to dig everything... and that is a real blessing!

Yeah, well I get my detectors from Poland, I have a seller there whom I trust more then a Swedish seller...
But at least you ain't no couch potato. I also hate old trash, damn hole of europe must have used Sweden as some form of place to throw your trash at. (tons of nails and other trash)

 

[Templar09]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

You forgot the pull tabs, nails, tooth paste tubs...What a blessing!
Here in sweden it is hard to find such nice stuff...

I also hate all the trash, its killing my morale, but only modern type
I think metal detectors are in stone age. If you dont want to miss good stuff, you have to dig everything... and that is a real blessing!

Yeah, well I get my detectors from Poland, I have a seller there whom I trust more then a Swedish seller...
But at least you ain't no couch potato. I also hate old trash, damn hole of europe must have used Sweden as some form of place to throw your trash at. (tons of nails and other trash)

Check out this nice (2000 years old) nails. Every is unique. My girlfriend loves them!
Hey, you said you are from Sweden. What about Vikings?

 

[dugupfinds]

You guys over there in Europe have all the great stuff. I mean, WOW finding 2,000 year old coins, iron age axe heads, roman era pins and coins....What a blessing!

You forgot the pull tabs, nails, tooth paste tubs...What a blessing!
Here in sweden it is hard to find such nice stuff...

I also hate all the trash, its killing my morale, but only modern type
I think metal detectors are in stone age. If you dont want to miss good stuff, you have to dig everything... and that is a real blessing!

Yeah, well I get my detectors from Poland, I have a seller there whom I trust more then a Swedish seller...
But at least you ain't no couch potato. I also hate old trash, damn hole of europe must have used Sweden as some form of place to throw your trash at. (tons of nails and other trash)

Check out this nice (2000 years old) nails. Every is unique. My girlfriend loves them!
Hey, you said you are from Sweden. What about Vikings?

Hi,

Did you realise, under the two buckles is a Medieval Bodkin Armour piecing Arrowhead.

 

[Templar09]

Are you sure about this? Bodkin Armour piercing?

I know it is an arrowhead, but didnt made any research on this one so far.

 

[Montana Jim]

http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=3006

http://www.hectorcoleironwork.com/Arrowheads.html

http://64.176.180.203/arrowhead.htm (bottom pieces)

 

[dugupfinds]

Are you sure about this? Bodkin Armour piercing?

I know it is an arrowhead, but didnt made any research on this one so far.

Yeap - Armour/chainmail piecing. 'Bodkin' is just one word for it.

 

[Ishgabibble]

This coin is definitely a Stater coin, but hard to identify which one. The wear is pretty bad. It seems there were a lot of this type and very common, even after 2000 or so years. I have bought some non-gold Staters before and they were all under 100$.

You can find similar coins on this site:

http://web.arch.ox.ac.uk/coins/cci3.htm

 

[savant365]

Horse? I thought it was a cricket or grasshopper!

I give up...

Don't feel bad Jim...thought the same thing...lol