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Atrebates and Regni, Commius, Stater, devolved head of Apollo, rev. triple tailed horse right, E-shaped ornament above, trefoil below head [commios] around, 5.48g/5h (BMC 730; VA 352; S 66). About extremely fine, bright gold with nice surfaces, very rare; some 12 specimens known £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,200
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Classic type, ear of barley dividing camv, rev. horse prancing right, branch above, cvno above exergual line, 5.37g/8h (BMC 1829-31; VA 2027; S 288). Good very fine or better, an attractive striking of good fabric and fine style £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,250
Catuvellauni, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Whaddon Bird type, bust left with coiled hair, small horse in front, rev. horse right, bird above, V and annulet in front, pellet in beaded ring below, 1.10g/8h (BMC 377-9; VA 1546; S 50). Well-centred, good very fine and toned, extremely rare; one of the best of approximately 12 known specimens £500-700
Hammer Price: £1,400
Early Uninscribed issues, Quarter-Stater, Ratham Rose type, cruciform wreath design with central rose, rev. horse right with linear mane, pellet-ring above, rose below, 1.00g/7h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Very fine or better, excessively rare; the only other known specimen is in the Ashmolean Museum £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Biga type, CAMVL in central panel, decorative border above and below, rev. two horses prancing left, pellet and leaf above, pellet beneath tail, [cvn]obelin and four-spoked wheel with star as hub below, 5.47g/10h (BMC 1769-71; VA 1910; S 280). About extremely fine with attractive colour and surfaces, an extremely rare variety of a very rare type £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Gallo-Belgic issues, Stater, series A [Ambiani], head of Apollo left, rev. horse left, disjointed charioteer above, rosette of pellets below, 7.64g/10h (Sills class 5; VA 12; S 2). Good yellow gold, obverse good very fine, reverse very fine, very rare £1,500-1,800
Dobunni, Anted, Stater, Dobunnic leaf emblem, rev. triple-tailed horse right, anted above, six-spoked wheel below, stars around, 4.77g/4h (BMC 3027-8; VA 1069; S 379). Very fine, reverse better, very rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,300
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British C [Yarmouth type], devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse right, pellet rosette above, front leg split into windmill shape, trefoil of pellets in one quarter, bird’s head in another, zig-zag pattern below exergual line, 6.17g/5h (BMC 78ff; VA 1220; S 23). Struck in pale gold, about very fine, extremely rare; 13 specimens recorded, of which nine are in museums £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,500
Atrebates and Regni, Verica, Unit, cornucopia, beaded sceptre to left, prow of galley to right, com around, rev. horseman right holding spear, verica below, 1.27g/1h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Reverse a little porous, otherwise about very fine, excessively rare; the better of only two known specimens, an intriguing and historically important coin £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,100
Atrebates and Regni, Eppillus, Stater, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed triple-tailed horse right, eppil and three annulets above, pellet-in-ring and two annulets below, 5.43g/12h (BMC –; cf. VA 405; cf. S 95). Slightly weakly struck, otherwise about very fine, reverse better, extremely rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Classic type, ear of barley dividing camv, rev. horse prancing right, crescent above, cvno above double exergual line, stippling below, 5.40g/4h (cf. BMC 1827ff; cf. VA 2025; cf. S 288-9). About extremely fine and of outstanding artistic merit, an unpublished variant of the Classic type, extremely rare £2,500-3,500
Hammer Price: £6,800
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