Gallo Belgic Nervii? 2nd Century BC Crossed Lines with Rider Gold Quarter Stater *Scarce*

Gallo Belgic Nervii? 2nd Century BC Crossed Lines with Rider

Gold Quarter Stater

Criss cross chisel marks/Horse left with lyre below and rider above.

Scarce

ABC37; 15mm, 1.85g

An attractive example of type, rarely do we see as much of the horse and rider.

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 & Son PT, 1997 VA 37-1

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.