Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 126. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Veliocassi. Circa 50-30 BC. Æ 12mm (2.12 g, 10h). Boar right; tree in background / Cock standing right, wings spread; small X below, uncertain symbols around. Cf. D&T 521; cf. Depeyrot, NC V, 247; CCCBM III -. VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare, this variety unpublished in the standard references.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Rudd 64 (2002), no. 9; Vecchi 7 (6 October 1997), lot 27.