Gallo Belgic Ambiani 1st Century BC Gold Stater

Gallo Belgic Ambiani 1st Century BC Gold Stater

Biface type

Wreathed head right/Sinuous horse right

ABC13; 17mm, 6.37g

A pleasing horse but weak/worn obverse die.

Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.

M Vosper, FPL 114, Aug 2000 lot 1 VA44, Scheers 9, class V

This coin comes with a previous label.

Iron Age Gallo Belgic & early uninscribed coins are found all over Britain. These coins were made in Gaul then imported during the 2nd-1st Century BC, before coin manufacture was established in Britain. The introduction of Britain’s own coinage in around 60-50 BC was in an uninscribed form to start with, only later did rulers realise the potential of inscriptions.