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Triton XXIV

Lot nuber 837

GAUL, Northwest. Baiocassi. Circa 100-50 BC. Pale AV Stater (23mm, 7.17 g, 9h).


Triton XXIV
Lot: 837.
 Estimated: $ 3 000

Celtic, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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GAUL, Northwest. Baiocassi. Circa 100-50 BC. Pale AV Stater (23mm, 7.17 g, 9h). Celticized head right, hair flowing around; above, boar(?) standing right; ornament hanging to right / Celticized biga right, charioteer devolved into creature above; ‘vexillum’ to right, hanging from wavy line held by charioteer; below, boar standing right. B. Roth, “Ancient Gaulish Coins, including those of the Channel Islands” in BNJ 1912, p. 8, 1 = (this coin, illustrated); Blanchet p. 316, n. 2; cf. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 7 (see also p. 18, 9.11 = Brenot & Sheers 946, for a silver stater from the same dies); cf. D&T 2254–5; cf. de la Tour 6982. Toned, slightly soft strike on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare.

Ex Peus 425 (7 November 2019), lot 32; Auctiones AG 8 (27 June 1978), lot 2; P. J. Prankerd Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 15 November 1909), lot 316 (part of; lot purchased by A. H. Baldwin & Sons).

The coin from the same dies in the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon is cataloged as a silver issue by Brenot & Scheers, but as the present coin is struck from base gold, one wonders whether the Lyon coin is actually also a gold issue that is so debased as to appear as silver?

The final winners of all Triton XXIV lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 19-20 January 2021. This lot is in Session Three, which begins 20 January 2021 at 9 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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