Lot 4003
Celtic Coinage. Britain. The Regini and Atrebates. Tincomarus. Gold Quarter Stater (1.16 g, 10 mm). Late 1st century B.C. Calleva mint. TINC on rectangular tablet, C-A above and below. Reverse: Winged head of Medusa facing, a pair of snakes knotted below the chin, two large snakes descending on either side of the face. Hobbs 811 ff. Van Arsdell 378-1. Spink 77. Among the finest known. Extremely Fine.
The C-A could stand for Caella Atrebatum, the site where the issue was struck. The interesting and unusual Medusa head is strongly reminiscent of that on denarii of L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus, struck in c. 49 BC, where it is set in the center of a triskeles (Crawford 445/1).
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
Ex Leu Numismatics 79, 31 October 2000, lot 7.
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