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A nice little Celtic quarter...

DinoUKDinoUK Posts: 67
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...another nice dug coin, I like this one a lot, very pretty, shame about the chip.

It's an Ingoldisthorpe type quarter stater of Trinovantes. 50-40BC. 39b-39c in Spink

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Me? I'm perfectly balanced...got a chip on both shoulders!
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  • hughesm1hughesm1 Posts: 778 ✭✭
    SUPER!!!image
    Mark
  • ZotZot Posts: 825 ✭✭✭
    It goes without saying that this is another hoover-worthy post..! image
    *pauses to wipe drool off keyboard*

    That is one tiny coin - looks like some 9 mm x 10 mm?
    Amazing the detail it has despite its small size!
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  • DinoUKDinoUK Posts: 67
    A proper description, and better pictures...

    Ingoldisthorpe type, Quarter-Stater, crescent with three appendages, pellet in annulet with tail between first and second, rev. radial lines behind comb, bird to right, 1.28g/12h (Sills 16; BMC –; VA –; S 39B). Well-centred on a slightly irregular flan, nearly extremely fine, very rare.

    *I'm damned if I can see a bird though. Unless it's the squiggly line halfway up. I like to know what the Celts took to stimulate them. image

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    Me? I'm perfectly balanced...got a chip on both shoulders!
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  • DUBBADUBBA Posts: 935
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • speer34speer34 Posts: 375 ✭
    Once again Dino, VERY NICE!!!!!!!!
    Speer34

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • loditomloditom Posts: 684
    Excuse me while I mop up around my computer and sop up the drool off the key boardimage
    Sweet find Dino!!!HH,Tom
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  • RhackRhack Posts: 50
    Very cool. Are you detecting ploughed fields? What is the average depth of your finds?
  • DinoUKDinoUK Posts: 67


    << <i>Very cool. Are you detecting ploughed fields? What is the average depth of your finds? >>



    Yes, only ploughed fields, majority of finds in the top 6", some believe it or nor are eyes only!
    Me? I'm perfectly balanced...got a chip on both shoulders!
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  • BoxToppBoxTopp Posts: 113
    Fantastic find! On being a rare find from 1-10 were do you place it? What is that babe worth?
  • DinoUKDinoUK Posts: 67


    << <i>Fantastic find! On being a rare find from 1-10 were do you place it? What is that babe worth? >>



    Number 8 on the scale, gold hammered are harder to find. This coin I sold at Dix Noonan Webb in London on 28th Sept for £420 pounds sterling.
    Me? I'm perfectly balanced...got a chip on both shoulders!
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