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Sold between 5 October & 29 September 2008

2 parts

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The Michael O’Bee Collection of Coins of the Corieltauvi

Michael O’Bee

Lot

№ 5036

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£520

Corieltauvi, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Boar/Horse type, boar right, no spear in back, large pellet-and-ring motif above, annulets around, rev. horse left, with spiky mane and tail, large pellet-and-ring motif above, two pellets-in-ring in front and below, 0.91g/6h (BMC 3203, same obv. die; VA –; S 396). Of fine silver, about very fine and toned, very rare £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Michael O’Bee Collection of Coins of the Corieltauvi.

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Provenance: Found near Ludford (Lincolnshire). CCI 98.1475.

The so-called ‘Spilsby Stag’ type, presumably from the horse’s spiky ears and mane