🥇 BANNER 2000 year old GOLD.

oldsoapy

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Went out today 17th Jan it was extremely cold but otherwise very bracing ,Decided to try the field that produced the Woad Grinder and the new type Roman Brooch from last week , but the 1st time a signal was received l realized the frost had made the ground so hard that it was impossible to dig !! So l almost called it a day. But as l had made the effort to travel several miles to the farm l decided on another approach , the adjoining field was still stubble from around six months ago and had quite a bit of weed growth and l thought it would be much easier , which proved to be the case, so l had about 3 hours or so on that. And am l glad l did..
This years 1st GOLD coin a beauty. and 4 days sooner into the year than last year. Hutch.:hello2:
 

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Deepdiger60

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Great find that is a beauty :headbang: Jim
 

Erik in NJ

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Incredible find my friend! The design on the Celtic coins intrigues me. Though I'll probably never find one, would love to read a good reference book on them that explains their history and shows color pics of the various known examples. Does anyone have any recommendation on a good book? I would love to learn what the different abstract design elements mean--I'm sure they all were put there for a reason and these coins are so different that the later Roman currency. Congrats on the well deserved banner!


Best, Erik
 

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Incredible find my friend! The design on the Celtic coins intrigues me. Though I'll probably never find one, would love to read a good reference book on them that explains their history and shows color pics of the various known examples. Does anyone have any recommendation on a good book? I would love to learn what the different abstract design elements mean--I'm sure they all were put there for a reason and these coins are so different that the later Roman currency. Congrats on the well deserved banner!


Best, Erik
:thumbsup: Celtic Coin Books

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Congratulations on making BANNER! Your find really stands out up there. :thumbsup:
 

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oldsoapy

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Incredible find my friend! The design on the Celtic coins intrigues me. Though I'll probably never find one, would love to read a good reference book on them that explains their history and shows color pics of the various known examples. Does anyone have any recommendation on a good book? I would love to learn what the different abstract design elements mean--I'm sure they all were put there for a reason and these coins are so different that the later Roman currency. Congrats on the well deserved banner!


Best, Erik

Try looking at some of these Erik:: celtic coins click on gallery. celtic coins especially the goldones are facinating... Hutch.
 

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swamp yankee

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Went out today 17th Jan it was extremely cold but otherwise very bracing ,Decided to try the field that produced the Woad Grinder and the new type Roman Brooch from last week , but the 1st time a signal was received l realized the frost had made the ground so hard that it was impossible to dig !! So l almost called it a day. But as l had made the effort to travel several miles to the farm l decided on another approach , the adjoining field was still stubble from around six months ago and had quite a bit of weed growth and l thought it would be much easier , which proved to be the case, so l had about 3 hours or so on that. And am l glad l did..
This years 1st GOLD coin a beauty. and 4 days sooner into the year than last year. Hutch.:hello2:

Nice find Hutch,congrats on a fast start to the new year......
 

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Congratulations on the well deserved Banner. !:notworthy:
 

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i like celtic coins .as nice as old .
 

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Went out today 17th Jan it was extremely cold but otherwise very bracing ,Decided to try the field that produced the Woad Grinder and the new type Roman Brooch from last week , but the 1st time a signal was received l realized the frost had made the ground so hard that it was impossible to dig !! So l almost called it a day. But as l had made the effort to travel several miles to the farm l decided on another approach , the adjoining field was still stubble from around six months ago and had quite a bit of weed growth and l thought it would be much easier , which proved to be the case, so l had about 3 hours or so on that. And am l glad l did..
This years 1st GOLD coin a beauty. and 4 days sooner into the year than last year. Hutch.:hello2:

Can anyone explain the motif on this coin? I think I see a rising/setting run at 6 oclock on the first pic. Are they flowers? or trees?
 

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Can anyone explain the motif on this coin? I think I see a rising/setting run at 6 oclock on the first pic. Are they flowers? or trees?

The first picture is a Horse over a star. The Obverse is Apollo's head.
 

Lanny in AB

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That is truly an incredibly beautiful, remarkable find!! Nicely done!

All the best,

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oldsoapy

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Can anyone explain the motif on this coin? I think I see a rising/setting run at 6 oclock on the first pic. Are they flowers? or trees?

The official description is::Celtic Iron Age, Corieltauvi. South Ferriby Type uninscribed Circa 45 - 10 BC. Gold Stater:
5.7gram. Celticized Head of Appollo (mainly the wreath)
reverse. Disjointed Horse to Left. with 8 pointed Star below. Anchor shape and Pellets above. VanArsdell 811- 5.
..... l can see the Horse and Star and Pellets :: but can never see Appollos head. Hope that helps... Hutch.
 

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oldsoapy

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l would like to thank everyone for there nice comments and banner votes: Hutch.
 

Marko0916

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Sparx said:
School me, why does it sell for less than scrap weight?

Seems like all coins are pretty much worthless in value, gold and silver weight is all that matters. Or if some so called misprint is on a certain coin it's worth millions. It's stupid

If I ever find old ones I would just hold on to it, prob pick it up everyday. Nothing beats finding it and thinking about how when who dropped it.
 

Sparx

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Seems like all coins are pretty much worthless in value, gold and silver weight is all that matters. Or if some so called misprint is on a certain coin it's worth millions. It's stupid

If I ever find old ones I would just hold on to it, prob pick it up everyday. Nothing beats finding it and thinking about how when who dropped it.

But if it's weight is 5.7 onces (see below) and gold is over $1,00.00/ounce why is it's value WAY less than that?

"The official description is::Celtic Iron Age, Corieltauvi. South Ferriby Type uninscribed Circa 45 - 10 BC. Gold Stater:
5.7gram. Celticized Head of Appollo (mainly the wreath)
reverse. Disjointed Horse to Left. with 8 pointed Star below. Anchor shape and Pellets above. VanArsdell 811- 5.
..... l can see the Horse and Star and Pellets :: but can never see Appollos head. Hope that helps... Hutch."
 

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Surely that coin would fetch triple it's scrap value in a collector auction.... Just a thought.. It's fricken awesome.
 

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