LOT 2412
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - AR Capricorn Type Unit c.25 B.C.-10 A.D.
Obv: wreath with opposing crescents at centre, teardrops emanating from crescents, TASC in angles. Rev: winged capricorn, VIR below. Extremely fine, struck in good silver with a pleasing tone, possibly the finest known. Very rare.(1.31 grams, 13.65 mm.).
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureABC 2619; VA-; S.239.
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LOT 2412
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - AR Capricorn Type Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
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Celtic Iron Age Coins - Pritani - Nipples - Cast AE Potin c.80-50 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: crude outline head around large central nipple. Rev: crude outline bull of straight lines around large central nipple. 1.13 grams, 14 mm.
Very fine, pierced.
Found Folkestone, Kent, 1992. Ex Chris Rudd, inv.3608/02. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. Accompanied by a Chris Rudd coin ticket and a handwritten information ticket. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Baylham Horses - AR Half Unit Mid-late 1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Obv: two horses facing, forelegs raised, standing on beaded spear. Rev: horse right, single rear legs, pellet in annulet above, rope-like object to right with pellet in annulet with crescent 'wings' above rope. 0.35 grams, 10 mm.
Fine, chipped. Excessively rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Cantiaci - Thames Nipples AE Cast Potin 1st century B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Class II. Obv: outline head right around large central nipple. Rev: crude outline bull left around large central nipple. 1.28 grams, 15.55 mm.
Good fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
