Oh what a beautiful Gallo-Belgic Broad Flan gold stater this is! Just look at Apollo's bountiful looks. Did you ever see a man with such big hair? The horse and vestigial charioteer stand out well too on this spanking specimen. It's undoubtedly the prettiest example we've had of this type, which we sold eleven years ago for £3,000. It warms the heart to meet a wonderful old friend like this again. Possibly minted by the Bellovaci of the region around Beauvais (see how their tribal name has survived over 2,000 years), this superb, very golden stater was struck from dies 26/29 (John Sills, Gaulish and early British gold coinage, p.447). Only eight - repeat, only eight - examples have been recorded from this die pairing. One of the star pieces from the stellar Celtic collection of Brian Bettison. Chris Rudd July list.                                                                                                          5.6.06