Imported Celtic Coins for Sale
These coins came principally from two tribes in northern Gaul, the Ambiani and Suessiones. There was a close cross-Channel relationship and these coins probably had functions including payments for military service or mercenaries; exchanges between the elite of society; and in cementing alliances.
|
 Celtic Coins Main Menu |
|
| Ambiani 011255 | Rare Gallo-Belgic E 'Ambiani' Gold Stater Gold, 6.05 grams; 17.64 mm. Circa 150-50 B.C. Obverse: Blank die. Reverse: Disjointed curved horse right, rope design below pellet under horse. Interesting 'shackle' between the horse's front legs. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8812. S 11: Scheers class 4. Good very fine. Found Essex. | £475.00  |  |
|
| Gallo-Belgic 011657 | Pretty Gallo-Belgic D 'Geometric' Gold Quarter Stater Gold, 1.44 grams; 10.16 mm. Circa 50 BC. Obverse: Traces of pattern. Reverse: Tree shaped object on wavy line with small crescents on either side at the end of straight bars. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8888. S 10; Scheers series 13, class 3 / 4. Extremely fine.
Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: “This Gallic War issue was probably struck in the mid 50s BC, is struck from a very worn obverse die and is transitional between Scheers classes 3 and 4.” | £275.00 |  |
|
| Gallo-Belgic 011650 | Gallo-Belgic Ca 'Geometric' Gold Quarter Stater Gold, 1.62 grams; 10.27 mm. Circa 110-80 BC. Obverse: Traces of 'Men' in a Boat. Reverse: Tree with pointed bars either side over a bent line with symbols below. VA 69-3; S 46 variant; Sills Ca2 class 3, GGC 430. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8885. Very fine.
Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: ”British finds of this Gallo-Belgic type are often very worn, as is this one, showing that they circulated for several decades in this country. Class 3 probably dates to c. 110-80 BC.” | £175.00 |  |
|
| Gallo-Belgic 010763 | Very Rare Early Gallo-Belgic ' Ab2 Type' Gold Quarter Stater Gold, 1.70 grams; 13.66 mm. Circa 125 – 100 B.C. Obverse: Celticized head left. Reverse: Celticized horse left with flower below and stylized charioteer above. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 08.8816. VA 20-1; S 7. Good fine/very fine and classified as very rare in Van Arsdell’s Celtic Coinage of Britain. Found Cambridgeshire. | £525.00 |  |
|
| Gallo-Belgic 006459 | NICE Gallo-Belgic D 'Geometric' Quarter Stater Gold, 1.02 grams, 11.63 mm. Circa 50 B.C. Obverse: Traces of 'Men' in a Boat. Reverse: Tree with pointed bars either side over a bent line with symbols below. VA 69-3; S 46 variant. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 06.0483. Very Fine condition. Found Kent. | £175.00 |  |
|
|
Celtic Coin Book References:
S = Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom
M = The Coinage of Ancient Britain by R.P. Mack
VA = R.D. Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage in Britain
BMC = British Museum Catalogues, D Allen & R Hobbs
CCI = Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University
|
|
| Back to previous page |
