Occasionally we come across a rare coin type that has not been catalogued by Robert Van Arsdell (1989) or Richard Hobbs (1996) or even by the latest edition of Spink's Coins of England. This lovely uninscribed gold quarter stater of the Cantiaci is one such rarity. Struck in the most attractive rose gold with the full yoke and both torcs fully displayed, it is a spectacularly appealing specimen - the finest we've clapped eyes on. And it's extremely rare - only seven other examples are recorded by the Celtic Coin Index. This is the first Double Torc quarter stater I’ve seen which reveals not only the complete yoke (or stylised bucranium) above the horse, but also the complete double epsilon below it. The horse too is most attractively featured on this example. The significance of the double epsilon device is uncertain. It can be seen on a bronze unit of the Veliocasses, LT 7342. A single epsilon (5th letter of the Greek alphabet, literally ‘simple e’) occurs on the Dubnovellaunos Metalworker silver unit VA 178, BMC 2502-03. Chris Rudd September list.                                                                                        23.8.10