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LOT 1294
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,057
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Gallo Belgic - Ambiani - Gold 'Defaced Die' Quarter Stater
150-50 BC, Sills class 1b, Scheers class IIa-b. Obv: random straight lines intersecting across the flan. Rev: horse left with 'lyre' below and crossed lines above. 1.83 grams.
About very fine. Rare.
LITERATURE:
S. - (but see S. 4 for a stater of same general type); Sills 345-347 (different dies); Delestreé DT95 variant; LT 8697; ABC 37 variant.
FOOTNOTES:
These rarely seen and enigmatic pieces have been discussed by numismatists who have commented upon there being no obvious undertype that would have been 'defaced' by the lines criss-crossing the obverse; the reason for the treatment of the obverse seems lost in history; Sills illustrates several dies and their line patterns (see pp.171-173) but this coin does not match any of those published so the dies may be unrecorded.
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