★ A very rare 'Januskopf I' type 1/24 stater ★

CELTIC, Central Europe. Vindelici. Late 3rd or very early 2nd century BC. 1/24 Stater (Gold, 7 mm, 0.30 g, 12 h), 'Januskopf I' type. Head of Janus with long hair ending in a triangle with a pellet in each corner; above, small pellet. Rev. Horse galloping to right; above, triangle with pellet in each corner. Flesche -. Kellner, Manching, 62. Steffgen/Ziegaus, JNG XLIV (1994) pl. 1, 1-10. Very rare. Nearly extremely fine.

From an important collection of Central European Celtic coins.

This and the following lot, which copy a Roman prototype from the time of the 2nd Punic War, are very probably the earliest Celtic coins from Central Europe. For a longer discussion of the issue, see below, lot 12.