Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 14. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC. Northern Slovakia. Circa 2nd - 1st Century BC. AV Stater (6.18 gm). Oval buckle with leg-like protrusion / Symmetrical geometric pattern. Kolnikova, Keltske mince na Slovensku, 33; Forrer pl. 14. EF. Very rare. ($4000)

Coins of this region routinely display a blow to the edge which must have been applied at the time of striking.