382, Lot: 598. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Durotriges. Uninscribed. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. AR Stater (18mm, 5.87 g, 5h). Durotrigan E, Abstract (Cranborne Chase) type. Devolved head of Apollo right / Disjointed horse left; pellets above, pellet below, pellet in lozenge above tail, [zigzag and pellet pattern between two parallel exergue lines]. Van Arsdell 1235-1; ABC 2157; SCBC 366. Good VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 288 (10 October 2012), lot 693.

The higher weight and gold content of this piece clearly place this coin at the earliest stage of this large issue that quickly devolves into silver and, later, billon.