From a collection over 30 years in the making, covering the whole range of Ancient British coinage, and including many ABC/Spink plate coins, this collector, exercising careful and methodical selection bought only the best pieces, helped by long-term acquisition during the ‘golden years’, when new discoveries were plentiful. This shows in the overall quality and completeness of the collection.

Whether gleaming, impressive gold staters or intricately cut silver units bearing the only surviving portraits from Britain’s ancient past are your thing, this collection has all that and more in abundance.

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BODVOC on plain field/3 tailed horse right with wheel below, crescent and 2 ringed pellets above forming hidden face

Rare

A premium example with near full inscription.

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ABC 2039 (plate coin); 18mm, 5.45g

Evans: I.1 (1864, p. 134, pl. I).
Evans: I.2 (1864, p. 134, pl. I).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic C, Coins Inscribed Bodvoc.

Coins of the Dobunni (Peter Healy) Phase 2: 9b ‘Eight Spoke’. Wheel has eight spokes. 77 known.

Provenance

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C Rudd FPL 31, no 45. Found south of Birmingham 1997. CCI 98.0492. ABC plate coin. Spink COE 2026 plate coin (388) VA 1052

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Tree symbol with pellet at base on plain field/3 tailed horse right with wheel below, COMVX  above

Extremely Rare

Near full inscription and full horse.

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ABC 2054; 19mm, 5.33g

Evans: I.5 (1864, p. 141, pl. I).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic E, Comux and Eisv.

Coins of the Dobunni (Peter Healy) Phase 3: 21 ‘Comux Tree’. 26 known.

Provenance

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Timeline Originals Dec 2008 VA 1092-1

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Tree symbol with pellet at base on plain field/3 tailed horse, wheel below, CATTI above

Rare

Struck on a large flan showing much of the inscription and horse.

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ABC 2057; 19mm, 5.37g

Evans: I.4 (1864, p. 139, pl. I).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic G, Catti and Inam.

Coins of the Dobunni (Peter Healy) Phase 4: 23 ‘Catti Tree’. 84 known.

Provenance

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Spink PT, Feb 1995. Seaby plate coin 1999, S384 VA 1130-1

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Catti (AD 1–20?)

Dobunnic coins struck in the name of Catti occur on only one of the tree/horse gold stater types (ABC 2057/BMC 3057–60). Single finds of this type have a relatively dispersed pattern, mostly occurring around Worcester and Gloucester as well as down both sides of the Severn estuary. A secondary, small concentration of Catti staters can be found loosely dispersed around the border regions of Wiltshire, Dorset and Somerset. Nothing is known about him, save that coins were issued in his name.

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Tree symbol, pellet at base on plain field/3 tailed horse right, wheel below and ANTED above

Scarce

A pleasing example, showing much of the inscription.

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ABC 2066; 18mm, 5.29g

Evans: I.7 (1864, p. 144, pl. I).

Van Arsdell Classification: Dobunnic D, Gold Coins Inscribed Antedrig. Van Arsdell separates the inscription variants into varieties of ‘Antedrig’ unit, although the key letters are often off-flan:

Coins of the Dobunni (Peter Healy) Phase 4: 25e ‘Anted D-Bar’. Branches near-horizontal. ANTEĐ above, RIGV around. 14 known.

Provenance

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CNG auction 57, lot 1722. Spink COE 2026 plate coin (379) VA 1066-1

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Anted (c. AD 20–43?)

Onomastic (name-study) approaches suggest that abbreviation ‘Anted’ seems likely to represent an abbreviated version of the name Antedios – he who is ‘very fiery’ or ‘sits foremost’, in the Brythonic tongue. An ‘Anted’ also struck coins in East Anglia, though this is evidently a different individual. Just as with his co-issuers Corio, Catti and Comux, Anted struck gold staters – though these differ in the key respect that they often bear the additional abbreviations ‘RIC’, ‘RIGV’ or ‘RICOV’ after his name (ABC 2066/BMC 3023–27). This is often interpreted as a shortened version of the word rigonos – usually translated as ‘king’. Notably, in addition to gold staters, Anted also struck silver units (ABC 2072, BMC 3032–38). The smaller flan on these coins necessitates breaking up of the name into two sections (AN-TED), with one located above the reverse horse and the other between its legs.

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Corio Cor

COR on plain field /Triple tailed horse right with pelletal sun ring above and small animal below

ABC2051, S389; 15mm, 1.08g

Extremely rare

with rough find area provenance.

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Corio is believed to have ruled at around the same time as Bodvoc which suggests that they may have been joint rulers or that the kingdom was split. Little is known about Corio although his coins have been found widely scattered across Southern England and even in Wales.

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Eisu Oxo

Head right pellet triads for hair, pellet in ring for eye / 3 tailed annulate horse left

ABC2081 S382

17mm; 1.01g

Comes with find area

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Head left BODVOC in front/Horse right, pelletal sun ring below, pellets and rings above and around.

ABC2042 S389, 13mm, 0.96g

The similarities between this and the coinage of the Catuvellauni king Tasciovanus must represent a link of some kind, perhaps further research and future finds will clarify this.

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Moon head right, pelleted crescents for hair, large boss on chin, stalk lips./ Triple tailed annulate horse left with flower motif below. Stylised bird’s head above.

ABC 2015. S377.  12x13mm, 1.05g

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