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Auction: 19025 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1585

Gallo-Belgic, Ambiani or Bellovaci, uninscribed coinage (c. 150-100 BC), gold Stater, series A, broad flan issue, 8.54g, large realistic laureate head of Apollo left, wreath enlarged into elaborate head decoration, rev. horse left, disjointed rider above 'eye' and crescent derived from chariot, pellet within ring of six pellets below, other pellets and ornaments around (Sills 286-303; VA 12; S.2; ABC 4), once mounted and cleaned, otherwise nearly very fine, rare, a good example of one of the most spectacular and iconic coins of the Celtic series

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Estimate
£4,000 to £5,000