Regini 1st Century BC Two Crescents Gold Quarter Stater *Extremely Rare*

Regini 1st Century BC Two Crescents Gold Quarter Stater

Outline crescents back to back each side of wreath/Horse right, pellet on rump, ladder mane, floral sun below, uncertain object above

Extremely Rare

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ABC626; 10mm, 1.19g

well struck and attractive in hand. 18 known.

Provenance

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

Spink PT, 1997. DK page 181, illustration 188 (renamed ‘Triple line crescents’) VA 250-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Regni/Regini

The Regni, sometimes referred to as the Regini, appear to have occupied what is today the western portion of West Sussex – their tribal civitas probably underlying what became the Roman town of Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester). Regnian coinage is characterised not only by its sheer diversity, but also scarcity. Indeed, many of the key types are extremely rare. This is perhaps exemplified best by many of the tribe’s quarter-staters, of which no fewer than forty varieties are listed by ABC.