Berkshire c. 55-40 BC Abingdon Head Silver Unit *Excessively Rare*
£3,500.00
Berkshire c. 55-40 BC
Abingdon Head Silver Unit
Excessively rare, 11 known.
ABC 1007 (plate coin), 14mm, 1.08g
Well struck in good silver, a fabulous Ancient British portrait and highly desirable.
Obverse
Head left, prominent lips and boss on chin.
Reverse
Horse right, ladder mane. Smaller horses above and below.
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Comments
Rudd (ABC) attributes this coin to the ‘Berkshire’ tribe, whose name is now lost, who seemed to exist in Berkshire and south Oxfordshire. Rudd claims they may have had links to the Ambiani of Gaul, or the Atrebates of Hampshire. They were probably later absorbed by the Catuvellauni.
Provenance
This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins.
DNW Auction (March 2010), lot 5. C Morrison coll. Found Wiltshire. CCI 05.0127. ABC Plate coin
This coin comes with a previous label.
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