Gallo Belgic Bellovaci 2nd Century BC Broad Flan Gold Stater

Gallo Belgic Bellovaci 2nd Century BC Broad Flan Gold Stater

Left type

Flamboyant wreath bust left with big hair/Horse left with charioteer above

ABC4; 25mm, 7.49g

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The very beginning of the story of coinage in Britain, Coin of England number 2. These were the prototypes for British coinage and are highly important as such. This example shows good detail and a central strike on both sides making it a premium 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.

M Vosper, found Ringstead Northants. Scheers Class VII (plate III, no 63), VA 12-1

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.