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We cannot recall a
time when more
collectors were
showing more
interest in high
grade gold staters
of the ancient
peoples of Britain
and Gaul. We aren't
sure why this is and
we wish that we had
more pretty gold
staters to satisfy
the ever-increasing
demand for them. But
we mustn't complain
because we still
seem to be
attracting more gold
staters than any
other dealers we
know, including the
largest and the
wealthiest. Take
this superb Wonersh
gold stater, for
example. Last
November we sold a
beauty for £2,000 (Chris
Rudd List
96, no.14). The
above specimen is
arguably even nicer.
It's a little
rounder, with a
better centred
obverse and shows
marginally more of
the spiral. There's
little point in
blathering on about
it. Either you know
what galloping good
value they
represent, in
comparison with
other ancient gold
coins of
similar rarity and
condition, or you
don't. In the end,
words are just
words. This Wonersh
gold stater is an
excessively rare
variant (only four
others recorded) of
a very rare type.
Chris Rudd May list. 14.4.08 |
