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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 421

Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin (AD 9-40), AV Stater, 'Wild B' Series, Camulodunum (Colchester), corn ear without central stalk, CA to left, MV to right, rev. horse right, star and branch above, pellet in ring and CVNO below, 5.425g [83.72grns], 4h (J Plouviez [November 1990] Somerton SMT003, 'Batch C', no. 30 = Burnett [BNJ, 1994], Pl. 12, no. 20 this coin; Allen dies A/a; VA 1933; BMC 1804ff.; Mack 212; S.283; ABC 2783), superficial scuffs to fields, otherwise with highly attractive, warm rose-gold blooming, and no overt planchet defects or stress marks, a choice example for type, a pleasing very fine or better thus

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