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This amazing Selsey
Stockholm gold
stater is extremely
fine and excessively
rare. What more
could one ask of an
Ancient British
coin?
As far as we know
there are only two
other examples of
the Selsey Stockholm
type gold stater:
the first in the
Royal Coin Cabinet
in Stockholm,
published by Derek
Allen in 1972; the
second in the
American Numismatic
Society collection,
ex Newell
collection, recorded
by the Celtic Coin
Index in 1974 (CCI
74.0031). This one,
the third recorded
specimen, was found
last year near
Chichester, West
Sussex. To the best
of our knowledge
this is the first
Selsey Stockholm
stater to be offered
for public sale –
well, at least for
the past 35 years.
Dr John Sills says
“This is an
important coin that
helps to define a
new series.” It is
easily
distinguishable from
the standard Selsey
Uniface type stater
(VA 216, BMC
461-475) by the more
complex charioteer’s
arms motif (not
dissimilar to the
‘anchor’ symbol that
occurs on South
Ferriby type
staters) and by the
pellet-in-a-squarish-ring
in front of the
horse.
Chris Rudd's March
list. 2.2.09 |
