Gallo Belgic Bellovaci 2nd Century BC Broad Flan Gold Stater

Gallo Belgic

Bellovaci 2nd Century BC Broad Flan Gold Stater

Left Type

ABC 4, 25mm, 7.35g

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Obverse

Celticized head of Apollo left.

Reverse

Celticized horse left, stylized charioteer above, flower symbol below.

Well struck on a large flan, minor flatness to centre on both sides does not detract from the overall fullness of this coin.

Provenance

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

C Rudd FPL 120, no 5. Found Essex  VA12 var.

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.