[meteorite-list] Celtic coin depicting comet?

From: Yinan Wang <veomega_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:25:05 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTinzPy7rzgjVAQpKo7oPR7Wpm2W8v38Z7-T3OCkH_at_mail.gmail.com>

Good call, managed to look up the coin after the dolphin suggestion:

http://www.worldcoincatalog.com/AC/C1/CelticKingdoms/Aquitania/Tectosages/Tectosages.htm

Oh well, its a dolphin, not a comet.

-Yinan

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com> wrote:
> Hi Yinan,
>
> ? ? ? ?I think that Tett is correct the common description is that of a
> dolphin in front of a bust facing left. Still a cool coin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
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>
> Better picture, of two of the coins.
>
> Ya, open to interpretation.
>
> http://pics.livejournal.com/thefossiladdict/pic/000b01z6
>
> -Yinan
>
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 5:40 PM, tett <tett at rogers.com> wrote:
>> ?Or a fish jumping out of the water.
>>
>> That would be cool should this turn out to be a shooting star or
> meteoroid.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Mike Tettenborn
>> Also porud owner of some NWA 6292
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28/09/2010 4:58 PM, Yinan Wang wrote:
>>>
>>> Just trying to get some opinions. I recently got a batch of celtic
>>> coins from a french hoard in trade for some fossils.
>>>
>>> Two of the coins seem to have some interesting symbolism; what appears
>>> to be a comet over two mountains.
>>>
>>> Or perhaps that my interpretation.
>>>
>>> See for yourself;
>>> http://pics.livejournal.com/thefossiladdict/pic/000azspb
>>>
>>> Feedback? I'll try to get some better pictures later.
>>>
>>> -Yinan
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