Eastern 1st Century BC Sudbury Snakeheads Silver Half Unit *Extremely Rare*

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Eastern 1st Century BC Sudbury Snakeheads Silver Half Unit Extremely Rare

Name: Eastern 1st Century BC Sudbury Snakeheads Silver Half Unit *Extremely Rare*
SKU: IAC356
Price: 1100.00 GBP
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Code: IAC356

Eastern 1st Century BC Sudbury Snakeheads Silver Half Unit

Extremely Rare

ABC 2261, 11mm, 0.81g

Obverse

Three-armed spiral of corded snake heads around central pellet, each with spear projecting from mouth, pelleted manes. Ringed pellets in field.

Reverse

Small horse left, beaded mane, long tail, large hooves. Ringed pellet in front. Ringed pellet between annulets above. Pellet below tail. Ringed pellet below.

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Comments

Rudd (ABC) puts this coin into an ‘Eastern’ group, which are found in Essex but not comfortably attributed to the Trinovantes or Catuvellauni. Within that, he puts it into a subgroup, ‘Cantian-inspired Gold and Silver Types’, which copy issues of the Cantii but are found north of the Thames. It may indicate that Cantian rulers held territory there, as does the presence of Thurrock potins.

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 67, no 62 (2003). Found Fordham, Cambs 2000. CCI 00.1553

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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