Auction Catalogue

16 March 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 88

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16 March 2005

Hammer Price:
£550

Cunobelin, Bronze, head of Janus, cvno on tablet below, rev. sow seated beneath tree right, camv on tablet below, 2.37g/1h (BMC 1998; VA 2103; S 346). Good very fine, rare (£120-150)

Provenance:
Hon R.W. Marsham[-Townshend] Collection, Sotheby Auction, 19-27 November 1888, lot 32
R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 51.

This coin sold for the then remarkable price of £11 in 1888

The VA reference is 2105