CELTIC ISSUE ROMAN CONSTANTINE COIN PENDANT

IN 14KY GOLD

4TH CENTURY A.D. 

This is such an interesting piece due to the nature of the coin.  It is a Celtic imitation of a Roman Constantine "the Great" bronze coin from the 4th century AD.

The Celtic tribes had existed since before the rule of the Roman Empire.  Sometimes they would strike their own coins to be used in cities or regions they conquered to imitate the styles of the coinage from the people they defeated.  The Celts also did this to some Greek coins.  What is fascinating is they imparted their own artistic style in the design of the coin they imitated and seemed to make no excuses about it.  Often times the coins were so abstratct that they barely represented the coin they were modeled after.  

I may sound biased because I am 100% Celt but there is no art style so beautiful and creative as that of the ancient Celts.  Quite frankly, Picasso is heralded as one of the world's greatest artists when all he did was steal the style of the ancient Celts and call it his own.  If you don't believe it then start comparing Picasso's work to that of the Celts.  The abstract lines and swirls and the large eyes of his subjects are exact copies of this ancient culture.  No other art style compares to the exotic, beautiful and rarely encountered style of ancient Celtic culture.  Everyone thinks Celtic art is all knots and lines.  Quite the contrary.  Most of their designs relied heavily on bizarre abstract stylizations of animals and men.

A beautiful representation of ancient Celtic art and their interpretation of another's coinage!

Highly recommended!

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