Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

CELTIC COINS Early Uninscribed Coinage, Qc british remic type, Quarter-Stater, obverse abstracted head of Apollo right, reverse horse with triple tail, flower above, star below, 1.4 gms (CCB 226.1; S 48; BMC 531 ff.). Small split to flan, otherwise very fine, very rare (£140-160)

Struck by the Atrebates, who had tribal kin and trading contacts in northern Gaul. The weights of this issue range from about 1.0 gm to 1.4 gms. Van Arsdell (Celtic Coinage of Britain, pp. 115-6) suggests that the heavier fractions date to the period of the Gallic War and the lighter coins to the period after the temporary pacification of Gaul by Caesar. He also notes “most in museums.”