Bruun Rasmussen > Auction 920Auction date: 30 April 2024
Lot number: 205

Price realized: Unsold
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Ancient coins
Greece
Gaul
Gaul, Abrincatui, Baiocasses, c. 100 BC, Stater, cf. DT 2285, BN. 10389H (Jersey hoard), 6.38 g - perfectly struck, nicely toned and with a highly distinguished pedigree.

A wonderful example of Celtic art at its most amazing - anticipating surrealism and cubism by two thousand years.




EF-VF
Provenance:
The present example is featured as number 38.8 (obverse) and 38.14 (reverse) in the book by Henrik Bo Andersen, Apollo to Apollo: "The Hunt for the Divine and Eternal Beauty" and is illustrated on a full plate p. 224;
ex. Thierry Parsy Auction (2008), lot 171;
ex. Bernard Roth Collection (BNJ IX, 1912, Ancient Gaulish Coins, Fig. 37 (Pl. II), p. 16);
ex. Stroehlin Auction, London, 1910, lot 318

French export license enclosed.



Starting price: 38000 DKK