90 - Eye Star

The Eye Star quarter stater is an insular derivative of the Bellovaci’s “à l’astre” quarter staters. The obverse features a wreath and large eye with a star next to it. It’s similar to the Bellovaci coins, but can’t be die matched to any known ones. The reverse features a right facing horse like the Bellovaci coins, but it has a triple tail and a pellet flower below, both of which are common on southern British coins, but don’t appear on the continental coins. This is the second coin known, and the only one with this reverse die. The other coin has a star below the horse instead of a flower, but it’s possible that this was originally a flower (the die appears to be damaged in this area).