Galatian Kings of Thrace, Kavaros Æ17. Circa 260-252/250 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ, Celtic thureos shield; c/m: corn ear. SNG Stancomb 303 (this coin); Manov & Damyanov, 'The First Mint of Cavarus, The Last King of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace', AJN 25, 2013, p. 17, 5 (this coin); HGC 3.2, 1358. 4.26g, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
This coin published in Manov & Damyanov, The First Mint of Cavarus, the Last King of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, AJN 25, 2013;
Acquired from William Veres, 2 September 1988.