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Here, to cheer your winter
Monday is an absolutely
brilliant Extremely Fine gold
quarter stater, struck in warm
golden gold by the Belgae of
Hampshire and known to us at the
Winchester Cross Wreath Left. It
has immaculate satin-smooth
surfaces, two magnificent moons,
a face hiding in the
crossed-wreaths motif (can you
see it?), a handsome full-bodied
horse and ornate ornaments.
Due to its great rarity – only
four examples are known – the
Winchester Cross Wreath Left
type is not easy to attribute to
a particular tribe. One was
found near Winchester in
Hampshire. This one was found
near Arundel in West Sussex.
However, when we look at its
obverse design – two opposed
linear crescents at the centre
of crossed wreath bands – and
then compare it with the obverse
design of the Wonersh gold
stater (VA 1520), we are left
with the feeling that it is
probably more likely to be
Belgae than Regini. To be
sold in
Chris Rudd
March catalogue.
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