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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     90010001      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Celtic Region:     GERMANIA AND CENTRAL EUROPE City:     Vindelici Date Ruled:     Early 1st century BC Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     Stater Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Early 1st century Weight:     7.49 g Die Axis:     9 h Obverse Description:     Head of eagle to left within wreath with a jeweled closing above Reverse Description:     Three pellets within torque with pellet at each end; all within cup-shaped incuse Primary Reference:     De la Tour 9430 Reference2:     Kellner type IIA Reference3:     KMW 444 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=138565 Grade:     Surfaces slightly rough, otherwise, extremely fine. Notes:     Very rare. Nicely struck and centered. Attractively toned. This curious looking coin comes from southern Germany and was surely issued by the Vindelici, a powerful tribe living in that area. They entered German folklore as Regenbogenschüsselchen, which means ‘little rainbow cups’ and refers to the belief that where a rainbow touched the earth, it left a treasure of gold. The strongly convex/concave form of these coins with their odd designs of stars, crosses, birds’ heads, wreaths, coiled serpents or dragons, torques and pellets confirmed their other-worldly strangeness in the eyes of their simple finders. Now we can see how these odd designs have descended from the types on the gold staters of Philip II, so prized by the Celtic mercenaries to whom they were paid hundreds of years before the Vindelici produced their gold pieces.

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