Gold, 1.41 grams; 13.35 mm. Circa 40 BC. Obverse: Plain with S in centre. Reverse: Stylized Roman trophy with pellet lines and cross hatched panels on both sides, sun and other motifs below. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8887. S 47 variant; VA 145-147. Extremely fine.

Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: “13 other examples are known of this Essex type, the companion quarter to the SS type staters, VA 1509-1. Faint banding on the obverse shows Kentish influence; possibly struck in a part of Essex controlled by Kent for a time; the derivation of the reverse from Gallo-Belgic D indicates an early date, probably in the 40s BC.”