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 Posted 01/28/2015  9:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chuy1530 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have a couple Castulo coins that I've found in uncleaned lots. One is done cleaning and I'll try to take pictures today or tomorrow. Doucet yours is very nice and Veton wow is that a big one!

My understanding is that while we aren't 100% sure, the general view is that these predate Augustus, and I've seen dates on them ranging from early 1st century BC back to 3rd century BC. If my Spanish was a little better I might try and track down that reference you mentioned, Veton, since there seems to be so little reference work done on these very interesting coins but I'm afraid I wouldn't get a whole lot of it...
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 Posted 01/29/2015  01:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chuy1530 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I gathered up the willpower to set up the photography rig so here are the three currently in my collection:

Castulo,-Spain

3.88 g, 18.2 mm. I have this one potentially identified as Villaronga 5, which according to Wildwinds would have been minted prior to 214 BC.

Castulo,-Spain

5.9 g, 21.7 mm. This one I'm not sure as to the ID. The size and design are somewhat similar to Burgos 728, but it's not a perfect match and I'm not sure.

Castulo,-Spain

4.68 g, 18.9 mm. This one is rough, but a good match for Burgos 723. The Iberian script makes me think it was minted prior to 72 BC, but I haven't found a firm date anywhere.

Sorry for the coin dump, but finding these in uncleaned lots has opened up a whole different region of coin collecting for me. I'd love to add one of the type in the OP as well someday.
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 Posted 01/29/2015  01:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Medieval to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting group.
Perhaps 'Veton' can help you tidy up your attributions.
Quickly flicked through my copy of Burgos, seems we have different editions - the only coins I found similar to your second one are from Asido and especially Orippo.
Btw, it seems the top one has been wire-brushed. Are you going to clean them up a bit more? Some valuable part of the legend might become legible.
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 Posted 01/29/2015  08:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Veton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I,m sorry but I cannot say you nothig new. It seems from Castulo or Asido (second)... Perhaps you could clean up them as Medieval says, but be careful and use a soft tool like toothbrush ?

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 Posted 01/29/2015  08:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Veton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I forgot, great link Medieval, I didnt know before. It is complete and updated.
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Thanks, but this is only an overview/introduction - is there a good online reference you know? Don't mind whatever (European) language it is in.
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 Posted 01/29/2015  1:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Veton to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Of course, here you have:

Here we can download a new catalog (2000) Monedas Hispánicas , Abascal and Ripollés (also author of your link)
http://www.rah.es/catalogo/catalogo/cats/ga1.pdf

Online catalogs
http://moneda-hispanica.com/
http://tesorillo.com/hispania/index.htm

Last one is special for fake iberian coins
http://www.denarios.org/falsas/

PDF (copy these titles for PDF)
La moneda en los inicios de la romanizacion: Talleres artesanos
Acuñaciones antiguas Peninsula iberica
La esfinge en las monedas de castulo
Numismática ibérica de Castulo

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Thanks.
The first pdf is even more extensive than the first volume from Burgos (at least in the number of coins shown) and the first online reference is new to me, so especially thanks for that.
What a massive amount of fakes have been produced, wonder it should be a standard link in the sticky.
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 Posted 01/29/2015  7:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chuy1530 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Veton, great links. Those really should go to the sticky, I haven't seen that much information about these coins anywhere.
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