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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 23

Iron Age Britain, Atrebates and Regni, Commios (c. 57 - 20 BC), 'Muzzles' Type, AV Stater, debased laureate head of Apollo right, rev. triple-tailed horse right, large wheel below, charioteer's arm and 'muzzle'-trefoil above, [COM]-MIOS before forepart, [Median Spink XRF: ~ 50.925% Au; ~ 30.86% Cu; ~ 17.915% Ag], 5.339g [82.39grns], 9h (BMC 724ff.; Evans D5, 1-10; VA 350-1; Mack 92; ABC 1022; Spink 65), some peripheral striking flatness and occasional flan splits, otherwise well-centred with a hint of light cabinet tone in recesses, about very fine, rare

Provenance

Believed to be a stray from the Alfriston 'Burnt House' Hoard (East Sussex), c. 1824



Spink XRF Analysis (Conducted 1 September 2023, Olympus VANTA Series L, from which the median reading is calculated):


Reading 1 (Obverse), 10 seconds:

Au - 50.33 (+/- 0.51)

Cu - 30.22 (+/- 0.45)

Ag - 19.45 (+/- 0.29)

Fe - No trace




Reading 2 (Reverse), 10 seconds:

Au - 51.52 (+/- 0.53)

Cu - 31.50 (+/- 0.48)

Ag - 16.38 (+/- 0.27)

Fe - 0.59 (+/- 0.15)





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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£400