Celtic, Arverni, AV Stater, Vercingetorix, 54-52 BC. 18mm, 7.29 g.
Obv: VERCI-NGETORIXS, bare head of Vercingetorix left with wavy hair.
Rev: Horse leaping left, amphora below.

There are less than thirty known staters that bear his
name. The free horse on the reverse symbolises the 
Arverni spirit of independence.

Only a handful of these coins are in private hands.
One was sold in 2003 for 400,000 French Francs (about
$70,000 at the time).

LW-0019; CM.LS.19-R; Fitz 113788; 

Courtesy of the Fitzwilliam Museum and (2nd image)
Cabinet de Médailles, Paris	
From the Pionsat hoard (1852)