Ancient Coins and Antiquities

NORTHERN GAUL, Aulerci Eburovices, gold Hemistater, 1st century BC, diademed head left with large, heavy cheek and wing-like hair, bristled boar attached to the underside of jaw, rev. triple-tailed horse bounding right, bird-headed charioteer above, bristled boar below, rosette in field, 2.86g/11h (Scheers Eburovices 34; DLT 7018; Nash 157). Well-centred on a flan of attractive coppery gold, struck from dies of pleasing Gallic style, good very fine £1,500-£1,800

Chris Rudd FPL 138, 2014 (1); M. Bridgewater Collection