CELTIC COINS FROM THE GEOFF COTTAM COLLECTION

Lot 238: Celtic, North Thames, Eastern, uninscribed coinage,

Celtic, North Thames, Eastern, uninscribed coinage, (c.60-20 BC), gold Stater, 5.53g, 'SS' type, two reversed 'S' motifs in field banding beneath, rev. annulate horse right, wing motif above, wheel below, sun before, dispersed symbols in field (ABC 2237; VA 1509-1; S.34), obverse die worn, reverse sharp and well struck, well rounded flan, pleasing, fine/extremely fine, excessively rare

provenance
Bt. Mills, 11 April 1999
Found nr. Norwich, Norfolk

To read the complete lot description, see:
Celtic, North Thames, Eastern, uninscribed coinage, (www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15049000238)

Lot 318: Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, gold Stater

Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, (c.25 BC-AD 10), gold Stater, 5.46g, 'Tasciov Rigon' type, tasciov above rigon in garnished tablet on vertical wreath, rev. warrior in chain mail riding left, spear and sword in hand, sun wheel below and ring-pellet before (ABC 2577; VA 1780-1; S.219), a little scraping to obverse, struck somewhat off-centre, full legends on this, good detail to horseman, very fine/good very fine, excessively rare

provenance
Bt. Paget, 17 March 2000
Found nr. Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

To read the complete lot description, see:
Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, (c.25 BC-AD 10), gold Stater (www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15049000318)

Lot 357: Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Andoco gold Stater

Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Andoco (c.20-1 BC), gold Stater, 5.43g, 'Bucranium' type, crossed wreaths terminating with ring-pellets, opposing crescents in centre of wreath, various symbols in quarters, rev. horse right with garnished bucranium and pelletal sun above, ando below and before, other dispersed symbols, (ABC 2715; VA 1860-1; S.262), Some contact marks and small scratches, weakness in centres, otherwise pleasing with lustre and smooth fields, nearly extremely fine, very rare

provenance
Bt. Mills, 28 December 1995

To read the complete lot description, see:
Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Andoco (c.20-1 BC), gold Stater (www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15049000357)

Lot 368: Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin gold Stater

Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, (c.10-40 AD), gold Stater, 5.51g, 'Biga' type, camvl in garnished tablet on vertical wreath, heart-shaped symbols in quarters, rev. biga left, leaf above, wheel and [cvnobelin] below (ABC 2771; Kretz B1, var. 1; VA 1910-2; S.280), struck off-centre, very light wear in remote parts, mostly lustrous with superb fields, essentially extremely fine, very rare

provenance
Bt. Vosper, 30 June 2000
Recorded with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, ref. CCI 00.1112

To read the complete lot description, see:
Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, (c.10-40 AD), gold Stater (/www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15049000368)

Lot 373: Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin gold Stater

Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, (c.10-40 AD), gold Stater, 5.39g, 'Classic' type, garnished corn ear with central stalk flanked by ca mv, rev. Romanized horse right, crescent moon above, cvno on groundline and dotted 'earth' effect below (ABC 2801 - this coin; VA-; S.-), flan slightly irrregularl, small scrape on horse's rump, generally remarkably well presented, good centring both sides, the Romanized horse particularly appealing, nearly extremely fine, an excessively rare piece

provenance
Bt. Dix Noonan Webb, 5 October 2009, lot 5148
Recorded with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, ref. CCI 04. 2177
Found nr. Slough, Berkshire

To read the complete lot description, see:
Celtic, Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, (c.10-40 AD), gold Stater (www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=15049000373)

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