Lot 4017
Celtic Coinage. Southwestern Gaul. Gironde Region. Gold Stater (7.86 g, 22 mm). Mouliets Series. 2nd century B.C. Stylized head of Apollo right. Reverse: Biga driven right, trident below, "ΦIΛΛIΠOY" (slightly barbarized) below curved exergual line. Sills 375-379. DT 3617-3618. Scyphate flan. Very Fine. Rare.
The Tayac hoard was unearthed by two laborers, while clearing fallow land, in November 1893. The cache contained more than 400 gold coins as well as a gold torc and fragments of a second. While several of the pieces were ultimately acquired by museums and dealers, a large portion of the contents was melted down.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000.
Said to be from the Tayac Hoard of 1893.
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