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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 405

Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin (AD 9-40), AV Stater, 'Linear' Series, Camulodunum (Colchester), corn ear dividing CA-MV, with central stalk, rev. classically-styled horse prancing right, branch flanked by pellets above, CVN below, 5.411g [83.50grns], 1h (J Plouviez [November 1990] Somerton SMT003, 'Batch C', no. 24 = Burnett [BNJ, 1994], Pl. 12, no. 2 this coin; Allen, die C/-, no. 102; VA 1925; BMC 1772ff.; Mack 210; S.281; ABC 2774), overt striking fissures and the reverse a trace off-struck, otherwise very fine

Provenance

Recovered from the Somerton Hoard (Suffolk), 7 October - 2 November 1990

~ Reported to the Suffolk Constabulary (ref. KH 532), 5 November 1990 ~

~ Declared Treasure Trove by the Suffolk Coroner, 12 December 1990 ~


~ Returned to finder and landowner due to lack of acquisition funds from Moyses Hall, 17 May 1991 ~

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£360