Armorica, Silver Stater, Octoped and Seahorse type, head right with coiled hair, rev. eight-legged horse right, seahorse below, 6.79g/10h (LT 6811; de Jersey pp.102-3, fig. 53). Nearly very fine, very rare £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins.

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Provenance: Spink Auction 132, 25 May 1999, lot 263; C. Rudd FPL 76, July 2004 (7).

Please note: The Continental Celtic coins from the Chris Morrison collection are included within the catalogue of Ancient coins which is being sold on the afternoon of 5 October. Catalogue requests should be addressed to Philippa Healy, 020 7016 1700, or philippa@dnw.co.uk. Part II of the Morrison collection of Celtic coins will be offered by DNW in March 2010 and will include an extremely rare Tasciovanus ‘Sego’ Stater, a choice Cunobelin ‘Wild Heart’ Stater, the finest-known ‘Abingdon Head’ silver Unit and an excessively rare ‘Alliff Scavo’ silver Unit