Lot 4010
Celtic Coinage. Britain. The Catuvellauni/Trinovantes. Addedomaros. Gold Stater (5.53 g, 20 mm). Late 1st century B.C. Addorsed crescents ornamented with pellets and linear elements. Reverse: Horse right, sun-like object above consisting of spiral arms within ring, branch below, pellets-in-rings in fields, [ADD]EDOMAROS around circular border. Strauss Collection (Sotheby's London, 26 May 1994), lot 36 (these dies). Cf. Hobbs 2405ff, Van Arsdell 1635-1, Spink 202 (none with circular reverse border). Choice Very Fine. Extremely rare and perhaps only the second recorded example of this variant.
Estimated Value $7,500 - 9,500.
Ex Chris Rudd List 92 (May 2007), lot 41 (illustrated on cover).
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