The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins

Catuvellauni, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Whaddon Chase type, head right with long braided hair and sideburns, pellet-in-annulet and curule-shaped ornament in front, rev. sinuous horse right, bird above, pellet ring in front, pellet-in-annulet behind and below, 1.31g/1h (BMC –; VA 1540; S –). About very fine or better, extremely rare; less than 12 known £400-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins.

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Provenance: Found at Melbourn (Hertfordshire); C. Rudd FPL 76, July 2004 (49).

The first specimen was published by Major Clem Lister in BNJ 29 (1958), pl.xv, 6