Lot 4009
Celtic Coinage. Britain. The Catuvallauni/Trinovantes. Uninscribed. Late Whaddon Chase type. Gold Stater (5.52 g. 17 mm). Mid-late 1st century BC. Blank obverse, but for single linear ridge. Reverse: Horse right, large hand, flanked by rings, holding branch, wheel below horse, pellet-in-ring before. CCI 6.0848 (this coin). Hobbs 347 (same obverse die). Van Arsdell 1507. Spink 35. Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.
The present specimen displays the hand above the horse more clearly than does any published example.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000.
Ex Morton & Eden (in association with Sotheby's), 11-12 June 2008, lot 1. From the Westerham (Kent) Hoards, discovered 2003-6.
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