Parisii. Stater, Class VII, short-edge type, var. 2 with the ND triskelion (first half of the 1st century B.C.).

LT. missing - BnF 1995-318 - DT.88 - Sills 479-480; Gold - 6.95 g - 6.96 mm - 1 h
MP copy no. 159 in the book “Surréelles Monnaies Gauloises,” by Samuel Gouet and Marc Petit—acquired from Y. Cellard in 1996.
Stater struck on a short, thick blank. The obverse is marred by a significant die crack, and the reverse is slightly soft in strike and slightly off-center to the right. Old collector’s patina with orange highlights. TTB / TB to TTB.
This triskelion type was not published until 2000 by M. Dhenin, included in the *Nouvel Atlas* in Class VII, known as “short flan,” var. 2, and later by J. Sills in Mint A Class 7a. This triskelion reverse is associated with a single obverse die featuring a significant crack on the face (D24 by J. Sills). Two reverse dies, R32 and R33, are known, depending on whether the ball-tipped cross consists of 4 globules (R32) or 5 (R33). In total, only 8 specimens have been recorded with this triskelion reverse.