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Celtic Improvisations An Art Historical Analysis of Coriosolite Coins by John Hooker DEDICATION To my wife Carrie and my daughter Jasmin. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To my wife Carin Perron for editing, layout, and indexing, for suggesting regrouping the series for statistical patterns and noticing the separation was the River Rance, for designing many charts and graphs, and especially for years of encouragement, suggestions, and support; my daughter, Jasmin Perron, who patiently endured life with the Coriosolites; my former assistant, Shannon Reynolds, for doggedly retyping the manuscript; Robert Kokotailo of Calgary Coin Gallery, for finding me all of my coins; Dr. Philip de Jersey of the Celtic Coin Index, who sent me many photographs of Coriosolite coins; Sean Kingsley, Managing Editor of Minerva Magazine, for publishing a summary article, encouraging me to get the book published, and providing help in finding a publisher; Robert van Arsdell, who read the manuscript and offered suggestions; Michelle Mann, for her friendship and encouragement to publish this book; the late Lew Burke, who taught me proper cataloguing at the Glenbow Museum; and the late Major N. V. L. Rybot of Jersey, without whose painstaking die reconstructions this book would not have been possible. J.L.H, Calgary, May, 2002. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One: The Scope Of The Study .............................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter Two: The Hoards .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter Three: The Catalogue .......................................................................................................................................... 15 General Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Series X: The Coins of Groups A to G (Class VI, V and IV): ...................................................................................... 19 Group A ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Group B ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 Group C ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Group D ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Group E ................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Group F ................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Group G ................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Series Y: The Coins of Groups H to M (Class I and III) .............................................................................................. 35 Group H ................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Group I .................................................................................................................................................................. 42 Group J ................................................................................................................................................................. 45 Group K ................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Group L ................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Group M ............................................................................................................................................................... 49 Series Z: The Coins of Groups N and O (Class II) ....................................................................................................... 53 Group N ................................................................................................................................................................ 55 Group O ................................................................................................................................................................ 56 Chapter Four: Armorica and the Gods .............................................................................................................................. 59 Chapter Five: The Neighbours of the Coriosolites ........................................................................................................... 69 Chapter Six: Pathways to Brittany .................................................................................................................................... 73 Chapter Seven: Last Words .............................................................................................................................................. 79 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................................................... 93 Classical Sources .......................................................................................................................................................... 94 Appendix A: Comparison of Flow Charts ........................................................................................................................ 95 Appendix B: Quick Identification Chart ........................................................................................................................... 99 Appendix C: Index of Design Elements ......................................................................................................................... 101 Appendix D: Two-Way Rybot-Hooker Concordance with Colbert de Beaulieau’s Classes & Rybot’s Groups ............ 113 Section 1: By Hooker Number .................................................................................................................................... 113 Section 2: By Rybot Number ...................................................................................................................................... 115 Index ............................................................................................................................................................................... 119 i TABLE OF FIGURES This table includes all major maps, charts, and figures, which are captioned, but does not include the line drawings of the Coriosolite coin dies, which are interspersed throughout the catalogue. Map 1: Hoards of Coriosolite Coins Discussed in the Text ................................................................................................ 5 Map 2: Mint Zones of Series X, Y & Z ........................................................................................................................ 10 The Hoard Charts .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Jersey Hoards ................................................................................................................................................................ 13 Brittany Hoards ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Series X Flow Chart: the chronology, and the relationship of groups to classes .............................................................. 19 Obverse features: .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Reverse features: ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 Series Y Flow Chart: The chronology, and the relationship of groups to classes ............................................................. 35 Obverse features: .......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Reverse features: ........................................................................................................................................................... 36 Series Z Flow Chart: The chronology, and the relationship of groups to classes ............................................................. 53 Obverse features: .......................................................................................................................................................... 53 Reverse features: ..........................................................................................................................................................