Heybridge Triangle. Sills British Lc2, class 23, dies 1/1. c.50-40 BC. Gold quarter stater. 12mm. 1.27g. Wreath between two corded lines, stylised locks of hair above./ Horse right, single line dewlap and beaded mane, pellet-triad and ringed-pellet above, ‘coffee-bean’ and small pellet in front, ringed-pellet below, beaded border. ABC−, VA−, BMC−, DK 433, S−. CCI 20.0421 (this coin). Good EF, superb silvery gold, well ornamented. Ex John Follows collection. Found Essex. EXTREMELY RARE only seven others recorded.

Dr John Sills says: “The class 2a Triangle type is distinguished by a coffee bean motif in front of and behind the horse and a pellet triangle above the tail, again copied from class 2 staters [ABC 2338]. The design is essentially a modified version of Lc class 2 and it is the first quarter that can be associated beyond doubt with the stater series” (DK, p.441). What John doesn’t mention (he’s a serious scholar) is that the obverse crescents are the eyebrows of a hidden face. Not in ABC, VA, BMC nor Spink because the Heybridge Triangle is extremely rare, even though this is the third we’ve had (and one of the finest).