Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1
Lot: 2

GAUL. The Bellovaci(?). Ca. second century BC. Gold 
quarter stater (1.76 gm). Celticized male or female head 
right, "ribbon" tattoo with zigzag ornament running from 
chin to cheekbone, two volutes beneath neck truncation / 
Winged horse standing left, with nose ending in 
proboscis and wing rendered as floating veil, star 
behind, branch below, volutes in exergue. Scheers, 
Monnaies Gauloises de Seine-Maritime, 390, pl. xix. BN 
p. 182, 7901-7903. La Tour pl. xxxii, 7901. Blanchet, 
Traité, p. 370, fig. 350. Extremely rare. Unusually 
broad-flanned, preserving details of the design not 
noted in the literature. Good very fine 

Attributed to the Bellovaci by Muret and Chabouillet in 
the BN catalogue (1889), it was questioned on stylistic 
grounds by Blanchet. Scheers pointed out that the lack of 
provenances leaves us without solid evidence for the 
issuing tribe, but she cites the rich alloy as evidence for a second-century date. 
Estimated Value: $ 3,750 

Sold for $4,000 USD [ approx 3040 EUR, 2120 GBP ] 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear 
(www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).