| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1011 Price realized: 2,400 GBP (Approx. 3,048 USD / 2,814 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Iron Age Gallo-Belgica, Remi or Treveri (1st Century BC), AV Stater "à l'œil" or 'Augenstater', c. 50 BC, large eye looking right, abutted by zigzag line surmounted by row of globules, rev. realistic horse prancing left, V-pointed and surrounded by beaded cord above back, pointed ringlet encircled by beaded cord between legs, 6.22g, 9h (Scheers, Traité, 222ff; LT 8799; DT 173-174; ABT 307), a striking example of this distinctive issue, lustrous and pleasingly bold across key devices, further accentuated by a richer yellow-gold fabric, good very fine, very rare as a contextualised British find. Provenance, Spink 216, 26 March 2013, lot 480, Found at Willoughby Waterleys, near Ashby Magna, Harborough District (Leicestershire), by 3 August 2011, ~ Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. LEIC-9069F7 ~ Estimate: £2400 - £3000 |  |
