Gallo Belgic Ambiani 1st Century BC Gold Stater Uniface Type

Gallo Belgic

Ambiani 1st Century BC Gold Stater

Uniface Type

ABC 16, 18mm, 6.16g

Obverse

Disjointed curved horse right, crescents above, pellet with crescent below.

Reverse

Blank convex surface.

A premium coin with much detail and good provenance.

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Provenance

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

Sotheby’s Auction 26.05.1994, lot 5. ex Strauss Collection  VA54-1

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.