GAUL, Northeast. Ambiani. 2nd century BC. AV Stater (25.5mm, 7.46 g, 11h). Celticized bust of Apollo left, wearing broad wreath and drapery with linear designs / Celticized Nike driving quadriga left; star and ornaments in field, rosette-like device and two pellets-in-annulets below; zig-zag pattern in exergue. D&T 67; Depeyrot, NC VI, 129; Sills Gallo-Belgic Ab, Class 4a, 94.0808 (this coin); Van Arsdell 12-1; ABC 4; SCBC 2. VF, toned, trace deposits, a few minor marks. Very rare Class 4a stater.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Strauss Collection (Sotheby's, 26 May 1994), lot 1; Coppens Collection (E. Bourgey, 6 December 1997), lot 230.