GAUL, Northwest. Veneti. Circa 100-50 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 7.03 g, 12h).Triton XXIV Celtic, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GAUL, Northwest. Veneti. Circa 100-50 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 7.03 g, 12h). Celticized head right, hair flowing in tufts around; ornaments to right / Celticized biga right, charioteer devolved into creature above, holding rosette on wavy line, horse with human head; ‘ladder’ to right; below, hippocamp right. Cf. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 216; cf. D&T 2306–7; cf. de la Tour 6811; Flesche –; cf. Gruel & Morin 546–81. Lightly toned, a little off center on obverse. EF. High quality silver, and of an unusually fine style for series. Very rare. |