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RARE VERCINGETORIX GOLD STATER REPRODUCTION COIN

  Diameter - 18 mm

An unusual and rare coin exact to the original it was cast from and finished in gold plate, EF condition.

 Originally struck under the authority of the Gallic chief in 52 BC at the time the Arverni leader, Vercingetorix, was confronting the Roman armies of Gaius Julius Caesar. 

Fewer than thirty Vercingetorix staters, in gold, electrum and bronze, have been identified around in the world

Obverse - Bare head bust of Vercingetorix with wavy hair, left. Text below: VERCI-NGETORIXS.

Reverse -  Full bodied horse galloping left, spiral shape above.

Vercingetorix, chief of the Arverni, led the great Gallic revolt against the Romans in 53-52BC. His name in Gaulish means ‘over-king of warriors’. He was eventually defeated by Caesar at the Battle of Alesia in 52BC and was imprisoned, he died in 46BC. 

The free horse on the reverse symbolises the Arverni spirit of independence.