Ancient Coins: CELTIC GOLD: Celtic Gaul, Veneti

AV 1/4 Stater, 14.89g.  12mm. c.2nd cent. B.C.  Stylized head of Apollo to right with strings of pearls emenating from his head.  Rev. Chariot with human-headed horse to right; winged figure below to right; uncertain legend in front of horse.   DT 2126(obv. die)/2129.  Scarce denomination and in exceptional quality; among the finest known examples and an unpublished variety. 

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

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