Auction Catalogue

5 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Celtic Coins including the Michael O'Bee Collection Part III and the Chris Morrison Collection Part I

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 5076

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£300

Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Half-Unit, South Ferriby Wreath type, Stater-like motif comprising wreath, spike and crescents, pellets above, arrow-heads below, rev. horse right with open mouth, pellet-ring above, 0.52g (BMC ; VA –; S –). Struck on a scyphate flan, nearly very fine, dark tone, UNIQUE £400-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Michael O’Bee Collection of Coins of the Corieltauvi.

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Collection

Provenance: C. Rudd FPL 60, November 2001 (51). CCI 01.1475.

This new type of Corieltauvian coin, apparently represented by this single specimen, has never been formally published but is included in the Celtic Coin Index and was described in detail in C. Rudd FPL 60