Rhineland & Hess Birdman

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CELTIC GAUL: Nauheimer type, Rhineland and Hess series, 1st century BCE; ex CNG

AR "quinarius", 1.93 gm; CCMBC 534 - 536; DLT 9388; toned choice aEF

OBV: Celticized head right with curly hair, wearing neclace of beads and a torc

REV: Robed "Bridman" walking left holding torc in left hand, surrounded by circles and a border of leaves.

This coin belongs to a series of Rhineland quinarius coins produced from the late 2nd century to 50 BCE. Most have been found around Bad Nauheim. See Chriss Rudd, "Birdman, fact or Fiction." Coin News, April 2003, p. 23-24