The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins

Trinovantes, Dubnovellaunus, Unit, Rochester Pegasus type, bust right with hair swept back beneath corded diadem, sunburst and small saltire in front, rev. Pegasus right, dvb above, cross-hatched box and annulet below, 1.16g/3h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare; six specimens known £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins.

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Provenance: Found at Springhead (Kent); C. Rudd FPL 77, September 2004 (18). CCI 04.1181.

Several of the known specimens are off-centre, resulting in the assumption until recently that the coin was uninscribed. Only since 2004 have the letters on the reverse been correctly noted and the attribution to Dubnovellaunus made