45 - GB-Ca2 Class 5 - The TCx3 Collection

Unique ID: 45

Technical details

DataDescriptionProvenanceReferences

Denomination	Quarter Stater	Metal	Gold
Area	Belgic Gaul	Region	Pas-de-Calais
Issuing Authority	Morini	Issuer	Unknown
Weight	1.57g	Diameter	10mm
Rarity	Extremely Rare (6 to 15)	Date	65 BC to 60 BC (see note about dating)

Obverse Legend	No Legend
Reverse Legend	No Legend
Obverse Description	The obverse shows a boat with two figures. A single pellet appears to the left. The obverse is sometimes rotated 180 degrees and described as a stylised animal (normally a boar but sometimes a wolf), but the arguments for this are unconvincing and the text required to describe the design as a boar or other abstract animal becomes increasingly convoluted. A possible interpretation of the boat and its passengers was presented by Daphne Nash Briggs in "Reading the images on lron-Age coins: I. the sun-boat and its passengers".
Reverse Description	A crooked line runs horizontally, with an anemone (sometimes called a tree) above. Five lines radiate from the top and right hand side. Below the line is a crooked vertical line, and a Y shaped object leaning in from the left This is reverse die 19.

Bt. Chris Rudd List 161, Lot 8 (2018)

Ex David Turner collection.

CCI 15.0314

Divided Kingdoms	DK 21. GB-Ca2 Class 5
Sills 2003	Sills 433. GB-Ca2 Class 5
Scheers	Scheers Series 13. Les quarts “au bateau”

Gallo Belgic Ca2, or GB-Ca2 for short, is the quarter stater that accompanied the ubiquitous GB-Ca staters. These were minted in stages between 125 BC and 58 BC. This coin is class 5 (of 6) so was minted just before the Gallic Wars started in 58 BC.

This coin was copied almost identically as Insular Sills Cf2 making them difficult to tell apart. Because of this, many GB-Ca2 are incorrectly sold as Insular Cf because Insular Cf used to attract a premium.

This is one of three GB-Ca2 quarters (of any class) in my collection (see 48 and 52)