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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 426

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, pellet above and below the branch above, pellet and CVNO below, 5.416g [83.58grns], 10h (cf. VA 2010-3 [CVNO-B]; CCI 72.0105 same reverse die [Parson's Heath/Clacton]; BMC 1818; Mack 203 variety; S.287; cf. ABC 2789), striking fissure at 10 o'clock, otherwise with an exceptionally bold strike on circular planchet, with superb detail to horse and sharp lettering, almost extremely fine, struck from the same dies as next

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
£700 to £1,000

Starting price
£600