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LOT 2876
Northeast Gaul. The Ambiani AV Quarter Stater. Circa 175-120 BC.
Imported coinage. Gallo-Belgic Aa2, class 1b. Right facing type with bird. Flamboyant stylised laureate head of Apollo to right, wreath enlarged into an elaborate head decoration / Celticised horse to right, stylised charioteer above, bird below. SCBC 6; Sills 271; ABC 28; DT 559a; LT 7879; CCI 01.1445. Good Very Fine. Well-centered on large flan. Excessively rare right facing example with this control.(1.77gr, 15mm, 1h).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in Walton, Essex, UK, in 1997, by Paul Sheedy.
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Eastern Europe. Uncertain Tribe AR Drachm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Kugelwange type. Celticised, laureate and bearded head to right / Horse prancing to left. Cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 17, types 204-208. 3.26gr, 15mm, 3h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. The Corieltauvi AV Stater. Circa 50 BC-AD 20.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £806
Kite Type. Devolved head of Apollo to right, consisting of wreath and crescents; [wheel] before / Lunate horse to left, kite above, four-armed spiral(?) and three pellets beneath horse's belly, three pellets beneath horse's tail, four-spoked wheel before. Cf. ABC 1761; cf. Van Arsdell 825.1; cf. SCBC 392. 5.29gr, 17mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Lustrous.
Found Yorkshire, UK; From a private Durham, UK, collection. -
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Northeast Gaul. The Ambiani AV Quarter Stater. Circa 175-120 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Imported coinage. Gallo-Belgic Aa2, class 1b. Right facing type with bird. Flamboyant stylised laureate head of Apollo to right, wreath enlarged into an elaborate head decoration / Celticised horse to right, stylised charioteer above, bird below. SCBC 6; Sills 271; ABC 28; DT 559a; LT 7879; CCI 01.1445. 1.77gr, 15mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Well-centered on large flan. Excessively rare right facing example with this control.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Walton, Essex, UK, in 1997, by Paul Sheedy.
