Obv: ear of corn with central stalk with C.A to left and MV right. Rev: 'classic' style horse rearing right with branch above and CVNO on ground line below. 5.30 grams.

Good very fine; full inscriptions, muscular horse, hairline striking crack at edge. Scarce.

PROVENANCE:
The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket).

PUBLISHED:
Chris Rudd, List 109, number 50 (this coin).

LITERATURE:
S. 288; BMC 1829-1831; ABC 2798 variant (pellet between C.A and no ornament at base of corn stalk).

FOOTNOTES:
Chris Rudd notes: 'Rainer Kretz says "This particular variant of a 'classic' Cunobelinus stater has a small pellet between the letters C and A, probably some form of privy-mark. The obverse shows the usual corn ear, which has here been stripped of all non-essentials like scrolls and now represents a visually striking regal emblem. Of all the seventeen reverse dies listed in Derek Allen's 'Cunobelin's Gold' published in 1975, this is one of the finest in artistic terms, falling not far short of the slightly later and much sought after left-facing version (VA 2029). It portrays a beautifully proportioned and well-muscled horse rearing up on its hind legs and is clearly the work of a master engraver who may well have been classically trained. When Derek Allen examined Cunobelin's Gold in 1975 he recorded just four coins from the die combination Gh, a number that may have now risen to around twenty. A coin from the same dies was offered in C. Rudd list 88, no. 54".