CELTIC COINS
GALLIA
THE PARISII
Large stater, gold, of class V, about 100-50 BC. AV 7.06 g. Head with flowing locks r., in front, large double volute, below, pine cone (or club ?); below truncation, vertical lines. Rev. Bridled horse galloping l., above, aegis-shaped net; between legs, four pellets forming rosette. DT I, 42, 83. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu, les monnaies gauloises des Parisii (1970), classe V, 26, fig. 18.53 ( this specimen ). Very rare . Large, thin flan.
Good very fine Provenance:
Hoard from Puteaux (Dept. Hauts-de-Seine) 1950, see M. Mainjonet, Le trésor de Puteaux, RN 1962, 72, 53
(this specimen)
Auction Jean Vinchon, Paris 20 November 1992, 215