...following up on my above post, I would like to let you know that I could not retrieve the
obverse of drachm-size coin. I saw it in facebook group, but it is impossible to find something in facebook for the second time. But what I would like to share here is the pic of ingot and instruments from which eastern
celts minted the coins. Ingots were сast individually, and then this ingot was pressed/ hammered with dies. Therefore on some coins we
still can see the
signs of casting like below coin with
side protrusion.
So, my point is that this specific Eastern celt tribe could utilize the dies of the same size for ingots of various
weights, ie approximately 10-8g, 6g and 3gr. I cannot see signs of the trimming on the 6g coin itself. Basically the coins seem to be not trimmed as you mentioned, but instead ingot of various
weight was employed for minting of 6gr coin. Therefore, we can see the
horse, or
head on
obverse of the same size across various
denominations from 3 to 10gr. They did no bother preparing various dies for various
denomination, they used the same dies for ingots of various weights/denominations. This is what I can observe across various coins of Schnabelpferd
type varying from 3rg to 10 gr.