Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 99. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Ambiani or Bellovaci. Circa 100-50 BC. Æ 12mm (2.33 g, 4h). Facing Celtic head with long headdress; [dotted line and serpent to right], diagonally hatched vertical line to left, torque below / Celtic horse right; large star above, annulet below. D&T 405 (Ambiani); Depeyrot, NC VI, 52 (Bellovaci); CCCBM III 8 (Veliocases). VF, green patina. Very rare, only 20 examples recorded by Depeyrot.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Rudd 26 (1997), no. 7.