AV Stater 18mm. 6.03g. struck circa 50BC ABC 1719 var. 800-119 BMC 191 var. North East Coast type Regini Wreath motif with leaves facing inwards/ tiny pellets in field/ lunate horse right/charioteer's arms, crescent above pellets around/ pelletal sun below/ five arm spiral/ serpentine line/ solid crescents in exergue. Dr. John Sills stated, these where copied from the Gallic War uniface AV Staters imported into Britain from France. Ten others known. Mint state, as struck.
Sweet, those Celtic coins are awesome. I don't have a purdy gold coin, just a billon Celtic coin from the Gallic Wars. The tribe that struck my coin was completely defeated, and the survivors sold as slaves in Roman markets. Caesar was not a general to be crossed or angered.
Love this coin. Reminds me of my Durotriges coin below. Celtic Britain, Durotriges (Circa 58 BC-45 AD) - Stater, Abstract (Cranborne Chase) type - 5.26g Van Arsdell 1235-1; BMC 2525-54.
Celtic Abstract Celtic Britain Iceni Boudicca 61 CE 1.03g Celt Hd r Celtic horse galloping Scarce Celt Imit Philip II 2nd C BCE AR Drachm ~2g Zeus Horse pellet-in-annulet above Kugelwangel type- Danube Valley - Kostial 508 OTA 204 Celtic Imitation Philip II 2nd C BCE AR Drachm ~2g Kugelwangel type- Danube Valley
..well heck...i gotta Celtic coin that qualifies as abstract(not gold tho) as they get..i STiLL can't figure out which way the obverse goes...of course an abstract painting hung upside down in a art gallery/museum for many years Celtic bronze imitating Greek Phillip ll coinage
Thank for all your nice comments! Chris Rudd has six e-auctions annually, very nice people to deal with The Basternae tribe (Kolchis/ Black Sea region where the first Celtic people to mint coins, imitating Macedonian issues, this then kept spreading Westward, eventually to SE England. The artistic designs would get better by time.... John
I used to live not far from Chris Rudd and used to get his auction lists. I only ever dealt with Liz, she was great to work with.
Thanks I agree, Liz Cottam is super nice to deal with. I bought Chris Rudds book on Celtic coins from Iron Age Briton.....excellent.
