Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 15049 - Celtic Coins from the Geoff Cottam Collection
Lot: 194

Celtic, Atrebates and Regni, Epaticcus, (c.20-40 AD), gold Stater, 5.39g, 'Corn Ear Warrior' type, garnished corn ear, tas to left, cif to right, rev. warrior on horse right holding spear and shield, epati below and ccv around (ABC 1343; VA 575-1; S.355), small scratch in obverse field and with some die clogging, essential details well presented and a good sized flan on this, good very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Bt. L R Stack collection, Sotheby, 22-23 April 1999, lot 52 (£3,500)
Recorded with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, ref. CCI 99.0465

It is tempting to speculate that the S of EPATICCVS is represented in the central curvature of the horse's tail

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£3,800