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Lot

№ 5201

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£200

Catuvellauni, Caratacus, Minim, cara around pellet-in-ring, rev. winged horse right, 0.27g/2h (BMC 2385-9; VA 595; S 364A). Obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise about very fine, very rare; less than 20 examples recorded £90-120

Provenance: C. Rudd FPL 66, November 2002 (35). CCI 02.0728

Caratacus, captured by the Romans in Britain, was taken to Rome for trial. His life was spared and he ended his days there living in luxury