Bognor Cogwheel. Mane, Two Arcs. Sills British Qc, Cog Type, class 1a, dies 6/14. c.55-45 BC. Gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.32g. Wreath design with hidden face./ Triple-tailed horse right with beaded mane, ringed-pellet protruding from chest, floral sun above, cogwheel below, ringed-pellet behind and below. ABC 509, VA 228, BMC 510, 512-14, DK 161, S 48. CCI 10.2789 (this coin). Good EF, golden gold, super sharp horse, full floral sun and cogwheel. A spectacular, mint-state specimen, the finest we’ve ever seen. Ex John Follows collection. Found near Chichester, West Sussex. VERY RARE die pair, only 18 others recorded.

The horse’s mane is attached to the blazing midday floral sun and the horse’s chest is linked to the smaller midnight sun, hidden from sight by the black of night. The message is clear: the sun-horse is forever pulling the sun across the sky, day and night, sunrise to sunset, dusk to dawn, on its nonstop diurnal nocturnal journey throughout the year. Published in Divided Kingdoms, pp.148 and 169 (this coin).