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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 20

Iron Age Britain, Gallo-Belgic Imports, Nervii (150-75 BC), AV 'Defaced' Quarter-Stater, Class 1b, reduced flan issue, cancellation marks forming triangles, rev. horse left with lyre below, rider above with single upright chisel punch in front, [Median Spink XRF: ~ 75.675% Au; ~ 20.935% Ag; ~ 2.62% Cu; ~ 0.77% Fe], 1.90g [29.32grns] (Scheers 99; DT 95; VA 37-1; Sills 348; ABC 37), largely centred, lightly toned and lustrous, very fine, rare

Spink XRF Analysis (Conducted 4 September 2023, Olympus VANTA Series L, from which the median reading is calculated):


Reading 1 (Obverse), 10 seconds:

Au - 75.34 (+/- 0.47)

Ag - 20.66 (+/- 0.38)

Cu - 2.69 (+/- 0.20)

Fe - 1.31 (+/- 0.25)




Reading 2 (Reverse), 10 seconds:

Au - 76.01 (+/- 0.39)

Ag - 21.21 (+/- 0.35)

Cu - 2.55 (+/- 0.17)

Fe - 0.23 (+/- 0.13)





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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£600