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Offline Tibsi

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Celtic coin?
« on: May 27, 2007, 11:53:08 am »
Hi!

What's your opinion?

Thanks!
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Re: Celtic coin?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2007, 12:15:02 pm »
It looks Indian to me.
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Re: Celtic coin?
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2007, 01:26:29 pm »
These are from Malwa circa. 1200 AD, anonymous "Gadhaiya Paisa' Copper Issue".

I think - if I remember right - the elephantine looking blobs on the obverse - the right hand one - are a corruption of a head of Athena while the reverse is a very stylised fire altar.

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Re: Celtic coin?
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2007, 01:41:18 pm »
Many thanks for your instant answer!
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