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Auction: 15049 - Celtic Coins from the Geoff Cottam Collection
Lot: 84

Celtic, Belgae, uninscribed coinage, (c.60-20 BC), gold Stater, 5.00g, 'Cheriton Smiler' type, wreath with three corded lines intersecting, the central line terminating in a crescent shape with voided crescents in recesses, below this a series of parallel lines fanning out with a pair of annulets to one end, rev. disjointed horse left, a series of pellets above and below, eye behind (ABC 755; VA 1215-1; S.24), metal somewhat bright, traces of lacquer to reverse, a good depiction of the 'smile' on obverse, a well struck piece, nearly extremely fine

provenance
Bt. Bennett, 13 December 1998

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Sold for
£1,200