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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 425

Iron Age Britain, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin (AD 9-40), AV Stater, 'Plastic' Series, Camulodunum (Colchester), corn ear dividing CA-MV, without central stalk, rev. classically-styled horse prancing right, CVN[O] below, [B] before, pellets in field and below tail, 5.422g [83.67grns], 8h (J Plouviez [November 1990] Somerton SMT003, 'Batch C', no. 31 = Burnett [BNJ, 1994], Pl. 12, no. 26 this coin; Allen, dies I/g,. no. 102; VA 2010; BMC 1813ff.; Mack 211; S.287; ABC 2789), overt striking fissures and the reverse a trace off-struck, otherwise on handsome rose-gold fabric, a pleasingly bold 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