Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 22
Iron Age Britain, Atrebates and Regni, Uninscribed Issues (60-40 BC), 'Selsey Uniface', AV Stater, uniface, rev. horse right, charioteer's arms above, wheel and crescent below, [Median Spink XRF: ~ 52.75% Au; ~ 30.945% Ag; ~ 16.30% Cu], 5.97g [92.13grns], 5.85g [90.28grns] (Atrebatic B; VA 216-1; Hobbs 461-75; Spink 39; ABC 488), small striking fissures on an elliptical flan, an attractive buttery gold fabric, almost extremely fine
Provenance
Noonans, Auction 160, 5 June 2019, lot 550 - better than very fine with clear details - £420
Spink XRF Analysis (Conducted 4 September 2023, Olympus VANTA Series L, from which the median reading is calculated):
Reading 1 (Obverse), 10 seconds:
Au - 51.67 (+/- 0.48)
Ag - 31.66 (+/- 0.38)
Cu - 16.66 (+/- 0.37)
Reading 2 (Reverse), 10 seconds:
Au - 53.83 (+/- 0.51)
Ag - 30.23 (+/- 0.39)
Cu - 15.94 (+/- 0.38)
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Sold for
£650
Starting price
£350