Posted 03/02/2012 8:57 pm
The original "Greek coin" the Celts copied this horse-and-rider design from is a silver tetradrachm, like this.
The Celts also copied gold staters, a design which made it all the way from the Danube west to Britain, getting worse and worse as the copies were copied. Here is the Wildwinds page for Celtic imitations from the Danube valley; you can see the wide variety of corruptions in the copies.
This ebay seller's coin is not particularly high quality, but it's probably genuine. A Google search has shown allegations that this seller occasionally sells fake artefacts mixed in with the genuine ones. They're not of the FORVM blacklist, so they apparently don't sell fake coins too often.
The Celts also copied gold staters, a design which made it all the way from the Danube west to Britain, getting worse and worse as the copies were copied. Here is the Wildwinds page for Celtic imitations from the Danube valley; you can see the wide variety of corruptions in the copies.
This ebay seller's coin is not particularly high quality, but it's probably genuine. A Google search has shown allegations that this seller occasionally sells fake artefacts mixed in with the genuine ones. They're not of the FORVM blacklist, so they apparently don't sell fake coins too often.
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