218, Lot: 2. Estimate $100. Sold for $66. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Southern Gaul. Allobroges. Late 1st century BC. AR Quinarius (14mm, 2.17 g, 3h). Helmeted head right / Horseman right; horizontal A to left, OM[A?] below. Van der Wielen -; Depeyrot, NC II, -; CCCBM II -. VF. Unpublished in the standard references with this reverse legend formation. The “A” i possibly a very angular “C”, but this would be highly unusual and, under close inspection, one can notice what appears to be a faint crossbar.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection. Ex Davisson’s 7 (21 August 1996), lot 20.