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Catuvellauni, Uninscribed issues, Unit, ‘Amersham Moon Man’ type, Celtic head left with crescents and braided hair, rev. triple-tailed, annuleted horse left, pellet-in-ring above, leaf below, 1.04g/9h (BMC –; VA –; Coin Register, BNJ 1989, pl.20, 7, this coin; S –). Fine silver, good very fine with a striking portrait, extremely rare
£700-900

Provenance: Found at Amersham (Buckinghamshire) 1989; ‘Cotswold’ Collection; C. Rudd FPL 75, May 2004 (44). CCI 89.0233.

An important discovery coin – the original Amersham Moon Man, after which all others are named – and still one of the finest known