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Early Uninscribed issues, Corieltauvi, gold scyphate Quarter-Stater, stylised boar, rev. large S symbol with pellets in field, 1.38gm (BMC 3187; VA –; S 395). Neat style, very fine or better, extremely rare; believed the first specimen to have been offered at auction (£2,000-2,500)

Provenance:
Found in south Somerset, 1993 (CCI 93.0345).

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This is a coin of the Corieltauvi, North Lincolnshire scyphate type: BMC 3187; VA –; S 395.