Eastern 1st Century BC Five Horses Silver Unit *Unique* *ABC Plate coin*

Eastern 1st Century BC Five Horses Silver Unit

Unique. This is currently the only example of this type extant.

ABC 2273 (plate coin), 15mm, 1.58g, CCI 09.3121

A masterpiece of the ancient British series, showcasing Celtic art and the importance of the horse to ancient Britons. Well struck on a large flan

Estimate £4,000-£5,000

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Obverse – two opposed horses with heads turned back, annulet on shoulders, beaded S-shaped tails raised. Pellet ring above. Smaller horse below, also with beaded S-shaped tail.

Reverse – horse galloping right, tail with dotted line between two plain lines. Beaded ring inside plain ring above. Small horse right with curled up tail below. Dotted cross with ring in three angles before.

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 CC2, lot 5225 (2009), £4,573 inc. fees. C Morrison collection.

This coin comes with a previous label.

Eastern

There are 33 early uninscribed types, found mainly in the eastern part of the North Thames region, especially Essex, which can’t comfortably be attributed either to the Trinovantes of the Catuvellauni. They are mostly extremely rare types – only seven were published by Van Arsdell, and they don’t seem to slot into any of the principle North Thames series. These may be variants struck by the Trinovantes or Catuvellauni or they could have been struck by smaller sub-tribes.

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