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.”