CNG 84, Lot: 11. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Ambiani. Circa 100-50 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 6.26 g, 12h). Stylized head of Apollo right, highly devolved / Stylized Nike in quadriga right, highly devolved; pellet below, ornaments in fields, [zig-zag pattern in exergue]. Cf. D&T 160/236; cf. Depeyrot, NC VI, 137/161; cf. Van Arsdell 48-1/50-1; cf. SCBC 5/11; Sills 424 (dies 45A/E19). Good VF. Very rare transitional coin from class I of Gallo-Belgic E.

Reportedly found in Thanet in Kent.