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

№ 5143

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£310

Catuvellauni, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Whaddon Chase type, head right with long braided hair and sideburns, pellet-in-annulet and curule-shaped ornament in front, rev. sinuous horse right, bird above, pellet ring in front, pellet-in-annulet behind and below, 1.31g/1h (BMC –; VA 1540; S –). About very fine or better, extremely rare; less than 12 known £400-600

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

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Collection

Provenance: Found at Melbourn (Hertfordshire); C. Rudd FPL 76, July 2004 (49).

The first specimen was published by Major Clem Lister in
BNJ 29 (1958), pl.xv, 6