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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 422

Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin (AD 9-40), AV Stater, 'Plastic' Series, Camulodunum (Colchester), corn without central stalk, CA to left, MV to right, rev. horse right, faint pellet beneath tail, pellet above and below the branch above, pellet in ring and CVNO below, 5.411g [83.50grns], 3h (J Plouviez [November 1990] Somerton SMT003, 'Batch A', no. 6 = Burnett [BNJ, 1994], Pl. 12, no. 25 this coin; Allen dies B/a; VA 2010; BMC 1809; Mack 203; S.286; ABC 2786), flan stress throughout, pitting in the fields, otherwise struck in high relief, pleasingly toned, 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