CELTIC, Belgae(?). Uninscribed. Circa 50-20 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.32 g, 4h). Ladder Mane type. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 123
Lot: 923. Estimated: $ 4 000

British, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 5 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CELTIC, Belgae(?). Uninscribed. Circa 50-20 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.32 g, 4h). Ladder Mane type. Devolved head of Apollo right with two ‘hidden face’ motifs / Disjointed horse left right with ‘ladder mane’; wing above, wheel below, [sprial sun to right[. PAS BH-785FF3 (this coin); ABC 764; Van Arsdell –; Van Arsdell, “Three New Celtic Staters,” in NumCirc C.3 (April 1992), 346-1; SCBC –. Toned, light marks on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare.

Found in St. Mary Bourne, Hampshire, August 2012.

This distinctive type was first published in the Numismatic Circular in May 1992, where Robert Van Arsdell described it as ‘an Atrebatic type [that] represents the transition between the uninscribed coins and the first dynastic issues of Commius.’ The authors of ABC and subsequently Sills give the type to Hampshire, which was the territory of the Belgae. The very neat die cutting with the ‘ladder’ mane and twisted tail to the horse distinguish it from other late uninscribed issues. The rounded wing shaped object above the horse is found on uninscribed types of the Catuvellauni.

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