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*NEW* Trinovantes, Gold Quarter Stater, Rowntree Fern Leaf, AD 45-50, EXTREMELY RARE

Obverse: Wreath crossed by spike with three pellets, crescents below, stylised hair above

Reverse: Annulate horse, right, grooved tail, fern-like motif above, cogwheel sun below

Size: 12mm, 1.26g

Grade: EF, light scuff, EXTREMELY RARE

Ref: ABC 2362; S 48, British 'Remic' types

Pov: Ex Lockdales

 

£1,000 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #2058

*NEW* Iceni, Inscribed Issue, Silver Unit, Anted Type, AD 1-50

Obverse: Double crescent emblem on vertical wreath

Reverse: Horse right, large oval head with pellet for eye, reversed S below head, corn ear mane, two pellets below tail, pelleted sun above, pellet triad and ANTĐ monogram below

Size: 16mm, 1.07g

Grade: VF, toned, light porosity

Ref: ABC 1642/45; S 441

Pov: Ex Lockdales

 

£310 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #2057

*NEW* Durotriges, Silver Stater, Cranborne Chase Type, 58 BC - AD 43

Obverse: Wreath, cloak and crescents

Reverse: Disjointed horse, left, rectangular head, body of crescents, four vertical legs, three roughly horizontal lines for tail, twelve pellets above

Size: 18mm, 3.55g

Grade: VF

Ref: ABC 2169; S 366

 

£95 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1603

*NEW* Iceni, Inscribed Issue, Silver Unit, Ecen Edn, AD 10-43

Obverse: Double crescent emblem on vertical wreath

Reverse: Globular horse, right, large oval head with pellet for eye, S below head, corn ear mane, two pellets below tail, pelletal sun above, three pellets and [EDN] below

Size: 14mm, 1.00g

Grade: GF

Ref: ABC 1672; S 444

Pov: Found Cambridgeshire pre 2000

 

£75 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1028

*NEW* Dobunni, Uninscribed Issue, Silver Unit, Cotswold Eagle Head Type B, 50 BC - AD 50

Obverse: Head type B, moon head, right, pelleted crescents for hair, large boss on chin, stalk lips

Reverse: Triple-tailed annulate horse, left, 'flower' motif below, stylised bird's head above

Size: 14mm, 0.83g

Grade: VF

Ref: ABC 2015; S 377

Pov: Ex Noonans; from the collection of Geoff Cottam

 

£200 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #2053

*NEW* Iceni, Cani Duro, Silver Unit, AD 10-20, RARE

Obverse: Stylised boar, right, pellet (eye?) on shoulder, single front leg, long bristles topped by pellets, spear piercing ears, ring and letter A below

Reverse: Horse, right, pellet mane, reversed [S] below head, [CANI] above, DVRO below

Size: 12mm, 1.24g

Grade: GF/VF, some verdigris on obverse, RARE

Ref: ABC 1630; S 439

Pov: Ex Noonans

 

£450 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1779

*NEW* Catavellauni, Silver Unit, Puckeridge Bird Hare, 50-20 BC, VERY RARE

Obverse: Uncertain animal (hare?), right, zigzag below, wheel with pellet rim behind

Reverse: Horse, left beaded mane, outline crescent (lyre?) above, star below

Size: 10mm, 0.42g

Grade: VF, chipped, VERY RARE

Ref: ABC 2499; S 52

 

 

£270 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1936

*NEW* Durotriges, Silver Quarter Stater, 'Badbury Rat', 100-1 BC

Obverse: Traces of 'three men in a boat' design

Reverse: Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field, various motifs including rodent-like object, one or more double rings, and one or two 'clamshell' motifs to each side

Size: 13mm, 0.80g

Grade: F/VF

Ref: ABC 2214; S 368

 

£140 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1602

*NEW* Iceni, Early Uninscribed, Silver Unit, Norfolk God, 65-64 BC

Obverse: Stylised male head, right, possibly moustache type, oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, each with pellet at the end, corn ear behind

Reverse: Abstract horse, moving right, cabled mane, lozenge below with concave sides, pellet at each corner, pelta above, tricorne within

Size: 14mm, 1.24g

Grade: VF

Ref: ABC 1564/67; S 434

Prov: Ex RWB Auctions

 

£180 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #1472

 Catuvellauni & Trinovantes, AE Unit, Cunobelinus Belenus Type, AD 10-40, RARE

Obverse: Facing head with walrus moustache and beard

 

Note: Only 36 examples are found on CCI and most are not as good as this specimen. A real treasure.

Reverse: Boar to left, branch above, CVN below

Size: 13mm, 1.38g

Grade: G/VF, slightly ragged flan, dark patina, RARE

Ref: ABC 2912; S 326

Prov: Ex Timeline; ex Chris Rudd, 116, lot 48, ref. no.15413; found near Chelmsford, Essex; ex Joe Fay; ex John Meredith

SOLD

£400 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #2023

 Catuvellauni & Trinovantes, Silver Unit, Cunobelinus Sphinx, AD 8-41, SCARCE

Obverse: Winged and draped bust, right, CVNO in front

Reverse: Sphinx seated, left, head turned right, TASCIO in front 

Size: 12mm, 1.12g

Grade: VF

Ref: S 313; ABC 2870

Prov: Ex Baldwin's

 

£260 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1331

 Cantiaci Tribe, Cast Potin Unit, Thurrock MA Type, 120-100 BC

Obverse: Head of Apollo, left

Reverse: Butting bull, right, [MA above]

Size: 18.5mm, 3.66g

Grade: F

Ref: S 62; ABC 120

Prov: Ex Hansons; previously from the A. Smith Collection

 

 

£75 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Durotriges Tribe, Billon Silver Stater, Cranbourne Chase Type, 50BC-AD50

Obverse: Head of Apollo right, devolved to wreath and crescents

Reverse: Dis-jointed horse, pellets above and below

Size: 19.5mm, 3.32g

Grade: Fine, debased silver, concurrent with the demise of silver stocks and the tribe itself

Ref: S 367

 

£130 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1333

Dobunni Tribe, Cotswold Crosses Type, Silver Unit, 1st Century

Obverse: Crude head, right, with pellet triads for hair, pellet in ring for eye and stalk lips, retrograde s shape to right with pelleted rings

Reverse: Horse right, large cross below with small cross and other motifs in angles, V below tail, ring and crescents above

Size: 13mm, 1.02g

Grade: VF/AVF, a scarce coin, some porosity

Ref: ABC 2036

 

SOLD

£190 

Corieltauvi Tribe, Silver Unit, Crown Proto Boar Type, 1st Century

Obverse: Boar right, two crescents above giving the  appearance of a crown (faint and not showing in photograph) pelleted annulus to right

Reverse: Horse left, large leaf three veined tail, two pelleted annuli and crescent above (? sun motif)

Size: 15mm, 1.4g

Grade: VF, bold main features but some weak areas; a very rare example

Ref: S 396; ABC 1785

Prov: Ex C&T auctions, formerly from Chris Rudd collection

£270 (P&P FREE to all locations)

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