Auction Catalogue

17 March 2009

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Celtic and Ancient Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1029

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17 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£110

Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Boar/Horse type, boar right, no spear in back, large pellet-and-ring motif above, pellet-in ring above and in front, rev. horse left, large pellet-and-ring motif above, pellet-in-annulet in front, triskele-in-ring below, 1.13g/3h (cf. BMC 3194ff; cf. VA 855.5; S 396). Good fine, very rare £90-120

Provenance:
Found near Kirmington (Lincolnshire); CCI 04.2456

The vendor refers to this as the ‘Mercedes’ variety, after the ornament below the horse