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Auction: 23006 - The Official COINEX Auction at Spink
Lot: 25

Iron Age Britain, Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus (25 BC - AD 10), 'Alfriston' Type, AV Stater, debased laureate head of Apollo right, rev. triple-tailed horse right, large wheel below, TIN and carnyx above, [MA-RVS] and disjointed trefoil before forepart, [Median Spink XRF: ~ 50.95% Au; ~ 30.165% Cu; ~ 17.335% Ag; ~ 1.55% Fe], 5.384g, 3h ("Alfriston Find" No. 2 = IARCH-C86A7B = CCI 69.0146 = Charles Roach Smith, Collectanea Antiqua 1848, pp. 9-12 and Pl. VII, No. 3 = Charles Brooker Esq. = Lord Holmesdale, Sotheby's, 8-15 July 1850, lot 1 = BM 1850,0808.2 [Coll. 872] = BMC 761ff.; Evans 1-12; VA 363-1 [Atrebatic D]; Mack 94; "Alton / East Meon" [16 Recorded in BM]; ABC 1049; Spink 72), rougher edges and general striking splits, otherwise partially cabinet toned in recesses,, struck with aging dies, otherwise a bolder very fine, extremely rare, most of the two-dozen recorded subsequently impounded in Museum collections

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 - 50.72 (+/- 0.51)

Cu - 29.60 (+/- 0.45)

Ag - 18.44 (+/- 0.28)

Fe - 1.23 (+/- 0.19)




Reading 2 (Reverse), 10 seconds:

Au - 51.18 (+/- 0.53)

Cu - 30.73 (+/- 0.47)

Ag - 16.23 (+/- 0.27)

Fe - 1.87 (+/- 0.22)





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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£400