Collection of Ancient British Coins
Lot 4610 SESSION 17 (11.30AM FRIDAY 28 JULY) Collection of Ancient British Coins
Estimate $3,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $3,300
ANCIENT BRITISH, East Anglia Region, Uninscribed coins, Iceni, Freckenham Crescents Moon Faces type, (c.20 B.C.-20 A.D.), gold stater, (5.32 g), obv. solid back-to-back crescents, four radiating lines of pellets, tiny row of crescents alongside one, ringed pellet in each quarter, rev. horse to right, large round head, pellet rosette above, below and in front, ladder-like exergual decoration, (S.426, ABC 1441, Van A 620-1, EA 7-8, BMC 3384 var, M 399 var). Attractive rose gold, bold moons and pellets, full horse, good very fine and extremely rare.
Private purchase from Chris Rudd, list 115, #18.
This stater is extremely rare with only ten others recorded, but only three clearly show the tiny row of crescents on the obverse.
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