CELTIC COINS
GALLIA
THE PARISII
Stater, gold, of class VII "à flan court", about 100-50 BC. AV 6.96 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 a square. DT I, 42, 87. J.-B. Colbert de Beaulieu, les monnaies gauloises des Parisii (1970), 44, classe VII, fig. 28, 3 (this rev. die). Very rare sub-group of this fascinating series . Short flan.
Very fine