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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 5

The Ashley Green (Bucks) Hoard | Iron Age Britain, Gallo-Belgic Imports, Bellovaci (c. 150-75 BC), Series B, 'Broad Flan' AV Stater, devolved 'androgynous' laureate head left, rev. disjointed horse prancing left, winged victory as charioteer flying above, flower below, [Spink XRF: 76.59% Au; 21.00% Ag; 2.42% Cu], 6.91g [106.64grns], 11h (CCI 23.0481 = BM 2020 T27 = PAS BH-330EE4, no. 5 this coin; Sills 294-297 [Series Ab1, Class 5], dies 37/44 [47 Known]; Scheers, Class VIIIb; Ruding, Pl. 1, nos. 17-19; VA 12-1; ABC 4; Spink 2), superficially scuffed on portrait and peripheral striking softness to flying Victory, otherwise residually lustrous, about very fine for issue, rare

Provenance

From the Ashley Green (Bucks) Hoard, deposited by 75 BC

~ Recovered by Mr Stephen Eldridge between 6 November 2019 and 11 January 2020, the coins were reported to the British Museum (BM 2020 T27 = PAS BH-330EE4) and subsequently disclaimed. ~


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Sold for
£2,700

Starting price
£2000