Lot 4585

Description

Ancient British, Kent, Dubnovellaunos, (c.25 B.C.- 5 A.D.), gold quarter stater, (1.21 g), Dubnovellaunos Pentagram type, obv. plain with slight banding, rev. horse leaping to right, ringed pellet and pellet above, pellet under chin, pentagram below, beaded border, (S.170, ABC 309, KE 7, Van A 163, BMC 2473-74, M 285). Toned rose gold, nice surfaces, full pentagram below horse, nearly extremely fine and very rare.

Private purchase from Chris Rudd, list 117, #15.



The presence of a pentagram on this rare quarter stater is evidence of the influence of Druids on coin design.