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Auction: 20120 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 1 - Part I - Ancient Coins featuring the Michael Kelly and Nomos Brasiliana Collections
Lot: 191A

(x) Roman Provincial, Hispania, Tiberius, Duoviri C. Caec[ilius] Seve[rus] and M. Valerius Quad. (14-37 AD), Æ, 26mm, 11.02g, Turiaso, laureate head right, rev. Bull standing right, coiled serpent countermark (RPC I, 417; SNG [Copenhagen], 605, the countermark unrecorded by Howgego) minor roughness, green patina, almost very fine

Provenance
From the Nomos Brasiliana Collection (NB087)
CNG eAuction 175, 24 October 2007, lot 154 - $178
CNG Mailbid 70, 21 September 2005, lot 628


It has been previously noted that nothing resembling this countermark has recorded amongst the known pseudo-official Spanish countermarks of monograms and eagle heads. This mark has a distinctive Celtic appearance, with the coiled serpent biting its own tail. The Ibero-Celts arrived in Hispania in the 3rd century BC, and formed the basis of most of the tribes that existed in the peninsula when the Romans arrived. This countermark hints that Celtic artistic influence was still felt in Spain in the 1st century AD.

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Estimate

Starting price
£30