Details

LOT 066

Celtic Gaul Somme Valley - Bearded Class 3 - Gold Half Stater

Circa 3rd century BC. Obv: wreathed and bearded portrait right. Rev: chariot and rider with single horse right, 'kite' symbol in front, small voided cross below and lettering(?) in exergue. Very fine, well centred, slight grazes; very rare and an excessively rare find in England.(Gold, 3.68 grams.).

Provenance

Ex Binks collection; found Wickhambreaux, Kent, 1996.

Literature

S. -; BMC (G&EBGC) No 184 (this type).

Footnotes

An example of the same type was found at Margate, Kent in the 19th century (now in the British Museum collection). Scheers in The Origins and Evolution of Coinage in Belgic Gaul, figure 6, coin 9, illustrates the Tarentum prototype for this Gaulish copy.