Berkshire c. 55-40 BC Chieveley Chickens Silver Unit *Excessively Rare*
£2,950.00
Berkshire c. 55-40 BC Chieveley Chickens Silver Unit
Head left, hair of 4 curved locks of beaded hair in triple bands, stalk lips, pellet line below neck/Triple tailed horse right, pellet tails, pellet mane curls up to upside down cocks head, another cocks head below
Excessively Rare
ABC 1010 (plate coin); 15mm, 1.09g
Well struck in good silver with dark tone. ABC attributes this coin to the ‘Berkshire’ tribe, whose name is now lost, who seemed to exist in Berkshire and south Oxfordshire. They may have had links to the Ambiani of Gaul, Dobunni and the Atrebates of Hampshire. 3 known.
Provenance
This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins
C Rudd FPL 27, no 36. CCI 97.0994. ABC plate coin
This coin comes with a previous label.
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