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Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540
£138 (EUR 159; USD 184) (+bp*)
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Southern-style Qc gold types. Essex Wheels type.
Abstracted laureate head of Apollo to right / Triple-tailed horse to right, spoked-wheel below, onion-like-motif above, triskelion to upper right field; pellet-in-ring around. ABC 2231 (triskelion not mentioned); VA -; SCBC -; for an another example see Chris Rudd, Auction 190, lot 24. 1.33gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare fractional Stater.
PROVENANCE:
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
FOOTNOTES:
From Chris Rudd Auction: 'It's unusual to see a Druidic triskelion (three-legged symbol) in front of the horse. Unlisted by all major catalogues. None in the British Museum.'
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