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

№ 5150

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£800

Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Quarter-Stater, Biga type, camvl in panel, decorative border above and below, rev. two horses prancing left, cvno and four-spoked wheel below, 1.39g/12h (BMC 1836; VA 1913; S 290). About extremely fine with attractive rose gold colour, fully legible both sides; one of the finest known of this very rare type £1,000-1,200

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 near Colchester (Essex) September 2001; Glendining Auction, 17 December 2001, lot 157; M. Richards Collection; C. Rudd FPL 74, March 2004 (62). CCI 01.0048