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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
05/06/2022 Auction 177	Ancient Coins	Lot 1192	Celtic Gold Stater Gallo-Belgic issue 24-26mm diameter, Imported Coinage 'Bellovaci', Sills Class 4a, c.175-120BC. Obverse: Draped Bust of Apollo left, with elaborate hairstyle, face framed by three crescent moons, with hooked hairbar. Reverse: Stylised horse to left, winged charioteer and five-pointed star above, complex double-rosette motif below, with arrow to left. Two pellets in annulets on exergue line. 7.64 grammes, S.2var, VA 12var. VF or better on a generous flan with some weakness in places, the obverse shows the full face, weakly struck on the cloak lines, with excellent face and hair detail, an extremely rare type with all the key identifiers in place (Complex double rosette, arrow and star, and the two pellets in annulets) the arrow a little weak. A similar type (Ex-Burford Collection) was auctioned in 2018 where it was stated to be one of only 14 recorded, with 5 examples in museums, and one of only three offered for public sale since 1975. (realised £3000 hammer price.) This piece is in superior grade in many aspects. An important and extremely rare piece, one of the earliest coins of the British Isles More coins like this	£3,600
06/12/2020 Auction 171	Ancient Coins	Lot 1199	Celtic Gold Stater, Early uninscribed coinage, British 'B'. Chute type S.22, VA 1205, BMC 35-76, weight 6.06gr Good Fine/NVF with an edge chip More coins like this	£550
01/03/2020 Auction 168	Ancient Coins	Lot 1057	Celtic Gold Stater - British Remic type, uninscribed, Reverse: Triple-tailed horse with wheel below, Obverse blank, type Qb, S.39, 5.96 grammes VF More coins like this	£700
03/03/2019 Auction 164	Ancient Coins	Lot 808	Fourre Denarius Claudius, imitative type. AD 41-54. (2.67g). Roman-British imitation. Copying a Rome mint issue of AD 46-47. TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head right / SPQR/ P. P/ OB CS in three lines within wreath. North Suffolk 20-32 (dies C/3); cf. RIC I 41; cf. von Kaenel type 26; cf. RSC 87. EF, lightly toned, the plating almost completely intact. An exceptional example More coins like this	£400
18/03/2018 Auction 160	Ancient Coins	Lot 1895	Celtic Au Quarter Stater Ambiani Gallo-Belgic A c.150-50BC, devolved Apollo hd. l., Rev horse and rider l. (S.7) NF Rev better, Ex-M.Rich coll. DNW 7/12/11 Lot 10, CNG October 1994 $365, Plate Coin John Sills 'Gaulish and Early British Gold Coinage' page 147 More coins like this	£240
02/03/2014 Auction 144	Ancient Coins	Lot 1047	Antoninianus Ae. Carausius. C, 286-293 AD. Rev; ROMA MILIT(VM?) Romulus and Remus suckling She wolf. Unpublished type, now recorded with the British museum, so unique .Good surfaces with an even green patina. 3.21g. GVF More coins like this	£1,600
01/12/2013 Auction 143	Ancient Coins	Lot 1384	2 x British bronze units. Ae unit of the Tasciovanus, Obv; Bearded head right. Rev; Horse left. Spink 243. Poor/G Fine, and a Ae Styca of Athelred II, Second reign. Spink 865. NVF [2] More coins like this	£44
02/09/2012 Auction 138	Ancient Coins	Lot 1616	Au Quarter Stater. Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 75-30 BC. Ratham Ringpole - Atrebatic B - British ‘Remic' type. Obv; Celticized head of Apollo right. Rev; Horse running left; star above, ‘cogwheel' below. Spink 48. Good metal but a pale colour. 1.39g. 14mm. G Fine More coins like this	£180
02/09/2012 Auction 138	Ancient Coins	Lot 1617	Au Quarter Stater. Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 75-30 BC. Ratham Ringpole-Atrebatic B-British ‘Remic' type. Obv; Celticized head of Apollo right. Rev; Horse running left; star above, ‘cogwheel' below. Spink 48. Minor die deterioration. 1.30g. 15mm. NVF More coins like this	£150
02/09/2012 Auction 138	Ancient Coins	Lot 1588	Roman As Claudius AD41-54 Obverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Reverse SC Minerva advancing right, weight 13.4 grammes Fine (bought S.Beach 1983 £28) along with Roman As Claudius AD41-54 Obverse TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP Reverse SC Minerva advancing right, weighs 7.7 grammes, VG a British imitative copy, (bought S.Beach 1983 £9) More coins like this	£44
02/09/2012 Auction 138	Ancient Coins	Lot 1591	Roman Barbarous Radiates 4th Century British copies (3) Constantius (2), Claudius II (1) S.750 Fine to NVF with green patina (bought C.J.Martin 1983 £16) More coins like this	£12
05/09/2010 Auction 130	Ancient Coins	Lot 931	Celtic Gold Stater Early uninscribed coinage British 'Remic' type, type Qb Triple tailed horse with blank obverse S.39 VF More coins like this	£750

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