Ancient Coins: CELTIC GOLD: Celtic Gaul, Abrincatui

Billon stater, 6.61g. 22mm.  c.100-50 B.C.  Stylized head to right with long curls; small stylized head in front with spiked crown.    Rev.  Horse to right; lyre-shaped object below flanked by two small radiate discs;  standard with boar's bristles above.  DT 2281. Fleische_.   Some small red deposits.  Exceptional quality with the full small head visible on the obverse and excellent metal quality.  This is  among the finest known examples.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Marie and Heinrich König collections, Saarland, Germany, 1899-2002

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