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LOT 2064
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Iceni - Snettisham Multiple Pellets Gold Stater 50-40 BC
Obv: plain, traces of crossed wreaths. Rev: horse right with double tail without pellets and beaded mane, 'simplified wing' motif above and pellet-in-annulet-in-beaded-ring below, two double pellet-in-beaded-rings behind, above and below tail. Good very fine; flan oval. Extremely rare.(5.59 grams.).
Provenance
The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (at £1,500 with envelope and ticket); ex Henry Mossop collection (sold Glendinings 6 November 1991, lot 276, with Mossop tickets); found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1987.
Published
Chris Rudd, list 108, number 29 (this coin).
Literature
S. 424; BMC 3356-3359 variant (motif below tail); ABC 1405 variant (unbeaded tail).
Footnotes
Chris Rudd notes: 'This interesting Snettisham type gold stater was found "near Kings Lynn", Norfolk, in 1987'.
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LOT 2064
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Iceni - Snettisham Multiple Pellets Gold Stater
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,232
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