Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 85
Uninscribed coinage, c.70-65 BC, AV Stater, 6.07g, early Clacton type 2, abstract head right, rev. disjointed horse right, pellets above, pellet below, curved line below (Mack 46; V.1455-1; BMC 145-179; S.27), base gold, almost very fine, very rare Estimate £ 600-700 This type was noted by Van Arsdell as being the first struck coinage of the Trinovantes/Catuvellauni and thought to have been struck near Camulodunum at the same time as imported coins continued to arrive from Gaul. provenance Seaby 1959 Seaby/Spink Standard Catalogue Plate coin 1962-2006, S.17 and later S.27
Sold for
£600
