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Early Uninscribed issues, British Qc [Remic type], gold Quarter-Stater, head right, wreath-pattern ornamentation, rev. triple-tailed horse right, radiant sun above and seven-sided ornament below, 1.18gm (BMC 503; VA 226; S 48). Very fine, reverse better (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £270
Early Uninscribed issues, Dobunni, gold Quarter-Stater, disjointed head of Apollo, rev. triple-tailed horse left, ring ornaments around, 0.77gm (BMC –; VA –; S –). Very fine, apparently unrecorded (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £340
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)
£2,000–£2,500
Early Uninscribed issues, Atrebates, silver Unit, so-called ‘Sussex Lyre’ type, bust right of good style, rev. horse right, ornament above, lyre between legs, 1.31gm (BMC –; VA –; S –). Obverse a trifle off-centre, otherwise very fine and extremely rare (£200-250)
Early Uninscribed issues, East Sussex, silver Unit, so-called ‘Chariot Yokes’ type, ornament pattern, rev. horse left, pellets around, 1.23gm (BMC –; VA –; S –). Extremely fine and of the highest rarity (£700-800)
Hammer Price: £680
Early Uninscribed issues, Durotriges, Stater, disjointed head of Apollo, rev. horse left, 5.50gm (BMC 2525; VA 1235; S 366); Iceni, uncertain ruler, silver Unit, two opposed crescents, rev. horse right, 1.23gm; Celtic, Senones, Potin, head of warrior right, rev. horse left, 3.74gm [3]. First very fine, second fair, last fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £85
Early Uninscribed issues, Durotriges, Staters (30), billon issues (BMC 2525; VA 1235; S 367) [30]. Fine or better (£220-250)
Hammer Price: £240
Early Uninscribed issues, Durotriges, Staters (41), base issues (BMC 2525; VA 1235; S 367) [41]. Generally fair (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £150
Early Uninscribed issues, Durotriges, Quarter-Staters (25), Geometric type (BMC 2734; VA 1242; S 368) [25]. Fair to fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £80
Hammer Price: £65
Early Uninscribed issues, Corieltauvi, silver Unit, boar right, large pellet-and-ring motif above, pellet in annulet below, rev. horse left, left foreleg bent back, three pellets below head, large pellet-and-ring motif above, 1.14gm (cf. BMC 3207; cf. VA 857-3; S 396). Very fine, reverse better and well struck with the triangle of pellets below the horse’s head very clear, extremely rare and a new variant of this type (£400-450)
Hammer Price: £400
Early Uninscribed issues, Iceni, gold Quarter-Stater, Irstead type, hatched square in centre, wreaths at sides, rev. horse right, crescent behind, 1.08gm (BMC 3437; VA 628; S 430). Very fine and very rare (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £260
Early Uninscribed issues, Iceni, silver Unit, Face/Horse type, bust right, rev. horse right, ornaments above and below, 1.24gm (BMC 3556; VA 790; S 434). Good very fine, with a particularly nice portrait (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £230
Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus, gold Quarter-Stater, tincom, zig-zag ornament below, rev. horse left, ornaments above and below, 1.20gm (BMC 798; VA 365; S 74). Very fine or better and well centred, very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £440
Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus, gold Quarter Stater, tablet inscribed TIN, rev. boar left, 1.16gm (BMC 828; VA 379; S 78). About very fine (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £140
Atrebates and Regni, Verica, silver Unit, two cornucopiæ, commi f below, rev. robed figure seated right, verica around, 1.11gm (BMC 1393; VA 531; S 134). Extremely fine and well struck, a superb specimen (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £310
Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Trinovantes, Addedomaros, Stater, three crescents in six-armed spiral, rev. horse right, cornucopia below, 5.58gm (BMC 2396; VA 1620; S 201). Good very fine and well struck, toned (£450-500)
Hammer Price: £750
Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, Stater, crescents in wreath, rev. horse right, bucranium above, 5.49gm (BMC 1593; VA 1680; S 214). Extremely fine (£600-800)
Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, gold Quarter-Stater, so-called ‘Plastic’ type, corn-ear dividing camv, rev. horse right, branch above, cvno below, 1.37gm (BMC 1846; VA 2015; S 294). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine, a particularly attractive example (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £300
Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Catuvellauni, Epaticcus, silver Unit, head of Hercules right, EPATI, rev. eagle on snake, 1.31gm (BMC 2024; VA 580; S 356). Very fine and well-centred (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £70
Esup Rasu, Esup Rasv, silver Unit, crude wreath design resembling an owl’s face, rev. horse right, esvp above, r[asv] below, 1.33gm (BMC 3272; cf. VA 924; S 406). Extremely fine and superbly struck, lightly toned, an exceptional specimen and believed to be the finest known (£450-550)
Morini, gold Quarter-Stater, obv. blank, rev. geometric pattern, 1.36gm (VA 69; de la Tour 8722). Good very fine, extremely rare (£300-400)
Remi, gold Quarter-Stater, phalli, rev. horse left, 1.23gm (Blanchet 385). Good very fine, extremely rare (£400-500)
£400–£500
East-Central Gaul (?), Potin, two swans either side of a central ‘staff’ with ‘bulge’ at the top, rev. uncertain N-like symbol, 3.29gm (cf. BMC Celtic S476). Coated with Incralac to assist stabilising, some flaking to the edge of the flan, otherwise good fine, very rare (£200-250)
£200–£250
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Primary series, Sceatta, series A imitation, radiate bust right, rev. cross-shaped standard within lozenge, 0.87gm (cf. Subjack 14; S –). Edge rather chipped, otherwise about very fine, interesting (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £40
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Primary series, Sceatta, series B1a, diademed bust right, rev. bird on cross, annulet at end of each horizontal arm, 1.21gm (Metcalf 106; N 126; S 777). Off-centre, very fine (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £75
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Primary series, Sceatta, series B2, diademed bust right, rev. bird on cross, crosslet in front, 1.04gm (Metcalf 114; N 127; S 777A). Piece chipped from edge, otherwise fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Secondary series, base Sceatta, series L, bust left with cross, rev. standing figure holding cross, 0.87gm (Metcalf p.411); together with a contemporary base copy of a Sceatta, series J, two busts vis-à-vis, rev. four birds around cross, 1.03gm (cf. N 73, 135; cf. S 792, 828) [2]. Both only mediocre, but first very rare (£20-40)
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Continental series, Sceatta, series D, radiate bust right, rev. plain cross with pellets in angles, 0.98gm (Metcalf 158; N 163; S 839). Extremely fine, traces of peripheral blue toning (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £90
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Continental series, Sceatta, series D, radiate bust right, rev. plain cross with pellets in angles, 1.24gm (Metcalf 158; N 163; S 839). Obverse fine, reverse very fine (£50-70)
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Continental series, Sceatta, series D, standard, rev. plain cross with pellets and one annulet in angles, 1.07gm (cf. Metcalf 184; N 50; S 840). About very fine (£50-70)
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Continental series, Sceatta, series E, crude bust right resembling porcupine, parallel lines within curve of face, rev. standard, 0.99gm (Metcalf, NC 1966, pl.xv, 6; N 48; S 788). Very fine, attractively toned (£50-70)
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