Great Britain Gold
Lot 1070 Great Britain Gold
Estimate $450
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SOLD $460
GALLO-BELGIC IMPORTED TO BRITAIN, Uninscribed Coinage, Gallo-Belgic E, Ambiani type issued during Gallic War, (c.55 B.C.), stater, 6.22 grams, obv. blank, rev. crude Celticized disjointed horse to right, with pellet below horse, (S.7, Van A. 56-1). Good very fine and rare.
In a paper 'The Origins of Coinage in Britain' Dr. John Kent suggests that the date for the Gallo-Belgic E series should be revised to that given above, and quotes Simone Scheers to suggest that this coinage represents the last independent coinage of the Belgae in Gaul, struck to specifically finance the war with Caesar.
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