Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 84. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Northwest Gaul. Senones. Circa 100-50 BC. Æ 16mm (2.94 g, 12h). Celtic head right; S ornament before mouth, torque below / Abstract bird left, two pellets within wings; YLLYCCI above, pentagram and retrograde S ornament behind, two pellet-in-annulets below. D&T 2637 var. (ornaments); Depeyrot, NC V, 130 var. (same); CCCBM III -. Good VF, dark green patina. Extremely rare variety.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Elsen 52 (13 December 1997), lot 1219.