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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 412

Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin (AD 9-40), AV Stater, 'Wild A' Series, Camulodunum (Colchester), corn ear with central stalk, CA to left and MV to right, no privy marks in fields, rev. horse right, dashes for mane, branch above, CVNO below, 5.555g [85.73grns], 12h (J Plouviez [November 1990] Somerton SMT003, 'Batch B', no. 15 = Burnett [BNJ, 1994], Pl. 12, no. 12 this coin; Allen dies E/-; VA 1931; BMC 1784ff.; Mack 211; S.285; ABC 2777), uneven thickness and slight off-centre strike, with usual stress fissures, on a pleasing rose-gold fabric, 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
£500 to £800

Starting price
£460