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Ancient Greek Coinage ANCIENT GREEK COINAGE
C HARMING C ELTIC GOLD 1/4 STATER, 3RD-EARLY 2ND CENTURY BC
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1764 Celtic. Northwest Gaul. Gold 1/4 Stater (1.98 g), 3rd-early 2nd century BC. Diademed head right; no symbol below neck truncation.
Reverse:Rider, holding torque, on horseback galloping left; before, large bird, standing right, pecking at horse' s head; above horse' s head,
stellate ornament with either two or three rays. Cf. Delestrée & Tache 28 (with symbol below neck and quatrefoil above horse' s head); cf. LT
8390 (same); cf. Sills class 1, 229-30 (quatrefoil); cf. Scheers series 4, class 2. A charming little jewel and excellent style. Only the third
known example.Nearly Extremely Fine .
Sills notes three findspots in Kent and Nottinghamshire with the two examples found in Kent of the same variety as the coin offered here. Two
further examples are in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale, but have the ornament below the diademed head on the obverse and a
quatrefoil stellate ornament on the reverse above the horse' s head.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $3,000 - 3,500
1765 Celtic. Gaul, Ambiana. 60-55 BC. Gold Stater (5.95g).
Gaulic war type. Disjoined horse right with pellet underneath.
Reverse: Blank. Van Arsdell 54-1; Sheers Cl. E-III Pl. 6, #154.
Well struck on a nice broad flan. Some light handling marks on
the blank reverse. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value ................................................... $700 - 800
1766 Celtic. Carpathian region, Uncertain tribe. Silver Tetr-
adrachm (16.57 g), Late 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating
Macedonian First Meris issues. Macedonian shield with central
boss depicting diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow
and quiver at shoulder. Reverse:ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΗΣ, club;
above, monogram; all within oak-wreath; to left, thunderbolt.
Kostial 1008 (same obv. die); CCCBM -; OTA E4 (same obv. die).
Toned. Very Fine.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500
1767 Celtic. Lower Danube, Imitating Thasos. Silver Tetr-
adrachm (16.82 g), 1st century BC. Wreathed head of Dio-
nysos right. Reverse: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ flanking,
ΘΑΣΙΩΝ in exergue, Nude Herakles standing facing, head left;
in inner left field, monogram. Kostial 967 (same obv. die); OTA
class II, ppl. 46, 4-5 (same obv. die); Lukanc 814 (same obv.
die). Struck in high relief. Extremely Fine .
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
1768 Celtic. Lower Danube, Imitating Thasos. Silver Tetr-
adrachm (16.65 g), 1st century BC. Wreathed head of Dio-
nysos right. Reverse:Nude Herakles standing facing, head left;
degraded legend consisting of a double row of pellets flanking.
Cf. Kostial 983-95; OTA class V, ppl. 48-9. Struck on a huge flan.
Cleaned. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value ................................................... $400 - 500