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LOT 3515
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,250
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Agr - Horse Gold 1/4 Stater 35-43 AD
Obv: corn ear without central stalk with [CA]M to left and CVN to right. Rev: horse rearing right with AGR below. 1.37 grams.
Extremely fine; arguably the finest known example. Excessively rare (only four others recorded).
PROVENANCE:
Property of a lady; acquired from her son; previously with TimeLine Auctions Sale 77, lot 2077; formerly Brodie Hall, Kent, UK, collection; acquired from Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket); found near Stowmarket, Suffolk, 2009.
PUBLISHED:
Chris Rudd, List 112, number 53 (this coin).
LITERATURE:
S. 352; BMC 1854; ABC 3002; See Chris Rudd, Lists 64, pp.5-8; 65, pp.2-3; 70, pp.2-4 and 112, pp.5-6 for discussion.
FOOTNOTES:
Chris Rudd notes: 'Agr is one of the most elusive rulers of late iron age Britain and this is the prettiest Agr gold quarter stater we have seen. A great specimen of a great rarity.'
