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LOT 2410
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Atrebates and Regni - Selsey Two-Faced Gold Stater Circa 60-50 B.C.
Obv: wreath design with faces. Rev: horse right with arm above, pellet-in-annulet left and eight-spoked wheel below. Fine; obverse weak.(5.94 grams.).
ProvenanceFound near Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK.
Accompanied by British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record, BERK-5D0F97, with coin packet.
See British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference BERK-5D0F97 (this coin).
LiteratureS. 38; BMC 445-454; ABC 485.
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LOT 2410
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Atrebates and Regni - Selsey Two-Faced Gold Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
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Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm 200-100 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Imitating type of Philip II. Obv: celticized profile bust left of Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rev: Zeus seated left holding eagle and beaded sceptre. 3.13 grams, 19 mm.
Good very fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - AR Sphinx Unit c. 8-41 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Obv: winged bust right, CVNO before. Rev: sphinx seated left, TASCIO before. 1.28 grams, 11.60 mm.
Good very fine, a pleasing strike with good detail. Scarce.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Andoco - AR Unit Circa 20-5 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Obv: lifelike male head left with beaded beard and droopy moustache, within interlaced vine border. Rev: winged horse (Pegasus) with bridle rein flying left, ANDOCO around. 0.82 grams, 13 mm.
Extremely fine. An exceptional specimen and very rare.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
