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bcuda Valued Member United States 101 Posts	Posted 08/02/2020 1:24 pm I love the ancient Iberian coinage. Anyone else collect them ? Here are a few of mine. Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5240 Posts	Posted 08/02/2020 1:43 pm I have one but you don't see them everyday at the LCS. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 08/02/2020 2:26 pm @bcuda, very nice group. That is one nasty looking boar on the 4th coin. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 08/02/2020 2:28 pm @bcuda, very nice group. I don;t collect ancients, but I sure appreciate many of the beautiful examples shown on these threads. That is one nasty looking boar on the 4th coin. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/02/2020 4:33 pm Excellent group thanks for sharing them. I like this type but haven't gotten around the add any to the collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 08/04/2020 9:52 pm I do collect them, and thanks for posting. Your collection is great! I particularly like the ones from the Phoenician settlements. Here are some a few less well known issues. Castulo bilingual Castulo another bilingual Abdera Ibiza, Ebusus A Roman issue, Augustus from Celse Obulco Osset Gadir Irippo Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 08/05/2020 03:04 am Some lovely coins!....A lot of these are on my want list. I have a few.... Castulo, Spain AE As. 30 mm, 22g. 76-45 BC. ISCER SACAL, youthful male head right. CAST SOCED, sphinx right. Burgos (2008) 709; Ripolles 905; Villaronga 14. Iberic Spain, Sekaisa. AE23, early 1st century BC. Obverse..Youthful male head right between two dolphins. Reverse..Celtiberian legend SEKAISA beneath horseman galloping right, holding spear. Ripolles 1569; Burgos (1987), 699. Villaronga 39; Spain, Bolskan (Osca). Circa 150-100 BC. AE Unit (10.35 gm, 24mm). Obverse: Bearded head right; dolphin behind. Reverse: "BOLSKAN" in Celt-Iberian in exergue, rider on horse right, holding spear; star behind. CNH 8; SNG BM Spain 734; SNG Copenhagen 325. VF. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1304 Posts	Posted 08/05/2020 07:36 am This is one case where if you go to the source you actually get a lot of lots to go through I have found. So ebay Spain always has a nice selection. (And it is a friendly enough language we Americans don't need Google Translate to figure out what we are looking at in my opinion.) https://www.ebay.es/b/Monedas-antig.../bn_16586703 That said the collectors of these are very specialized and not widely generally dispersed across the spectrum. What I mean by that is if I buy a lot I never do well selling them individually unless they are really nice pieces for some reason and I just only deal with them when they fall into my lap as part of another old collection I received. This group is like Nabateans for me. Just such a finite amount of people who collect them. What I really like about the Iberians is you can see the creation of the later depictions of the Spanish style of artwork for bulls for example. I love to see Romans with a Spanish influence in how they are drawn just like I like to see the Greek Gods morph into Kushan Indo Greek styles. The influence these unknown artists have on us to this day is nothing short of astounding if you think how the world draws a cartoon Owl and then you look at the Athens Tetradrachm and can't help wonder if that perhaps single original artist stamped on mankind how to depict these. Wonderful Iberian collections you all have! Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/05/2020 08:15 am Super coins in this thread. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 08/05/2020 10:44 am Beautiful coins, I have to look into getting some of these. Very enjoyable thread. Report this Post to the Staff
Doucet Pillar of the Community United States 1315 Posts	Posted 08/06/2020 09:00 am Coins one and two in my post above should be labeled Castulo 'Latin legends' rather than bilingual. This Obulco has both Latin and Iberian script Report this Post to the Staff
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