North Thames 'Early Atrebatic Type' Gold Quarter Stater 012509

North Thames 'Early Atrebatic Type' Gold Quarter Stater 012509
Very Rare North Thames 'Early Atrebatic Type' Gold Quarter Stater
Gold, 1.28 grams; 14.05 mm. Circa 50-45 BC. Atrebatic B. Obverse: abstract head of Apollo right, laurel leaves inwards, spike made up of lines amd pellet-in-ring motifs, pellet-in-ring motifs in vestiges of hair. Reverse: Celticized horse right, wheel below horse, horse appears to have a triple-tail. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: 08.9716. VA 260-1. Edge nibbled otherwise extremely fine. Very fine and better. Found Essex.

Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: “Still quite a rare type...The majority of finds are from Essex and it's almost certainly an early coinage of the Trinovantes, probably dating to the 40s BC.”
£395.00  

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