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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 59

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | (7) Iceni Uninscribed Type Coins including: Iceni, Early Uninscribed (c.50-100 AD), 'Boar/Horse Type', AR Unit, stylised boar right, single front and rear legs below knee, rings above long bristles on boar's back, stack of four pellets below, rev. horse prancing right, ladder mane, pellet triad below arc from neck to rump above, star below, 0.57g (ABC 1579; BMC 3455-3472; M 408; VA 657-3; Spink 431), crack showing through whole flan, darkly toned, fine; and 'Face/Horse Regular Type', male head right, oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, each with pellet at end, corn ear behind, rev. horse right cabled mane, lozenge below with concave sides, pellets at each corner, pelta above, 1.12g (ABC 1564; BMC 3556-3604; M 413; VA 790-1; Spink 434), some porosity, and wear about the edges, toned, good fine; another male head right, oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, each with pellet at end, corn ear behind, rev. horse right cabled mane, lozenge below with concave sides, pellets at each corner, pelta above, 1.30g (ABC 1564; BMC 3556-3604; M 413; VA 790-1; Spink 434), some small chips to the edge of the flan, lightly toned, very fine; another male head right, oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, each with pellet at end, corn ear behind, rev. horse right cabled mane, lozenge below with concave sides, pellets at each corner, pelta above, 1.30g (ABC 1564; BMC 3556-3604; M 413; VA 790-1; Spink 434), some small chips to the edge of the flan, lightly toned, very fine; another male head right, oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, each with pellet at end, corn ear behind, rev. horse right cabled mane, lozenge below with concave sides, pellets at each corner, pelta above, 1.25g (ABC 1567; BMC 3605-3759; M 413; VA 794-1; Spink 434), well centered, toned, very fine; and 'Early Pattern/Horse Type', two opposed crescents, two pellets between, rev. horse right, corded mane, pellet triad and three plain arcs above, 0.80g (ABC 1588; BMC 3763-3766; M 414; VA 679-1; Spink 435), large design on obverse meaning most of motif does not show, wear and roughness throughout, toned, fine; another opposing crescents and pellet in ring motifs at centre of four corn ears, pellet triad in each quarter, rev. curvy horse left, six pellets on shoulder, solid Y shaped head, pellet in ring below, 0.97g (ABC 1591; BMC 3767-3774; M 415; VA 675-1; Spink 435), some roughness and porosity throughout, wear to the higher points, deeply toned, good fine; and an AR Fractional Unit, opposing crescents with two pellets dividing, four V shapes surround, rev. horse right, dashes for mane, pellet and triad above and below, 0.38g (ABC 1612; BMC 3777-3778; M 417; VA 681-1; Spink 438), wear throughout, toned, fine (7)

Provenance

i) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1985 - £36

ii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1983 - £30

iii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1983 - £50

- Mack Collection
iv) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1983 - £55

- Mack Collection
v) 'CA', by private treaty, 1987 - £25

vi) 'CA', by private treaty, 1987 - £25

vii) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1987 - £65




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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£180