★ A very rare 'Blattkranz mit Vogelkopf' stater ★

CELTIC, Central Europe. Vindelici. 1st century BC. Stater (Gold, 16 mm, 7.00 g), 'Blattkranz mit Vogelkopf' type. Head of a bird to right within a wreath formed of two branches with five leaves going in opposite directions and with a jeweled closing to left. Rev. Six pellets within torque with pellet at each end; all within shallow incuse. Dembski -. Flesche -. Karl 269 ( this coin ). LT 9429 9430. SLM -, cf. 1064 (five pellets on the reverse). Very rare. Struck on an irregular flan, otherwise, good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, formed over two generations and the collection of E. Karl, UBS 77, 9 September 2008, 269, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 89, 5 May 1998, 8.