342, Lot: 382. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAUL, Northwest. Coriosolites. Circa 100-50 BC. BI Stater (21.5mm, 6.39 g, 8h). Celticized head right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Devolved charioteer driving biga right; ornaments around; below, boar right; [pearl string flowing above]. D&T 2340; Depeyrot,
NC VIII, 186; de la Tour 6598; Flesche –; Gruel & Morin 894–908. EF, toned, typical areas of weak strike. Good silver quality for issue.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Goldberg (7 June 2000), lot 3006.