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Auction archive: Lot number 2063

Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Agr- Horse Gold Quarter Stater

4th December 2015
1 Dec 2015
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,495 - US$5,993
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 2063

Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Agr- Horse Gold Quarter Stater

4th December 2015
1 Dec 2015
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,495 - US$5,993
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

CELTIC IRON AGE COINS - CATUVELLAUNI - AGR- HORSE GOLD QUARTER STATER 35-43 AD Obv: corn ear without central stalk with [CA]M to left and CVN to right. Rev: horse rearing right with AGR below. 1.37 grams. Extremely fine; arguably the finest known example. Excessively rare (only four others recorded). Provenance The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket); found near Stowmarket, Suffolk, 2009. Published Chris Rudd, List 112, number 53 (this coin). Literature S. 352; BMC 1854; ABC 3002; See Chris Rudd, Lists 64, pp.5-8; 65, pp.2-3; 70, pp.2-4 and 112, pp.5-6 for discussion. Footnotes Chris Rudd notes: 'Agr is one of the most elusive rulers of late iron age Britain and this is the prettiest Agr gold quarter stater we have seen. A great specimen of a great rarity.'

Auction archive: Lot number 2063
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
Beschreibung:

CELTIC IRON AGE COINS - CATUVELLAUNI - AGR- HORSE GOLD QUARTER STATER 35-43 AD Obv: corn ear without central stalk with [CA]M to left and CVN to right. Rev: horse rearing right with AGR below. 1.37 grams. Extremely fine; arguably the finest known example. Excessively rare (only four others recorded). Provenance The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket); found near Stowmarket, Suffolk, 2009. Published Chris Rudd, List 112, number 53 (this coin). Literature S. 352; BMC 1854; ABC 3002; See Chris Rudd, Lists 64, pp.5-8; 65, pp.2-3; 70, pp.2-4 and 112, pp.5-6 for discussion. Footnotes Chris Rudd notes: 'Agr is one of the most elusive rulers of late iron age Britain and this is the prettiest Agr gold quarter stater we have seen. A great specimen of a great rarity.'

Auction archive: Lot number 2063
Auction:
Datum:
1 Dec 2015
Auction house:
Timeline Auctions
23-24 Berkeley Square
London, W1J 6HE
United Kingdom
enquiries@timelineauctions.com
+44 (0)20 71291494
+44 (0)1277 814122
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