Gallo Belgic Nervii 2nd Century BC Gold Stater Crossed Lines with Lyre *Extremely rare*

Gallo Belgic

Nervii 2nd Century BC Gold Stater Crossed Lines with Lyre

Extremely rare

ABC 10, 19mm, 8.11g

Obverse

Branched pattern of chisel marks.

Reverse

Stylized horse galloping left, charioteer holding goad above, lyre beneath.

The weight & style of this example puts it at the very beginning of the series, an important 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.

Spink USA 6.12.99, L339, previously Bourgey 1934, 14th December, lot 16.

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.