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At the time of Caesar's invasion of Britain, the Atrebates, "the settlers," covered Sussex, Berkshire, west Surrey, parts of Hampshire, north-east Wiltshire.SL86748. Gold quarter stater, Little Horse Rearing type; Bean VERC1-2, Cottam ABC 1199, Van Arsdell 466-1, Hobbs 1179, SCBC 124, NGC EF, strike 5/5, surface 3/5 (2400434-001), weight 1.19 g, maximum diameter 9.2 mm, die axis 225o, Calleva mint, c. 10 - 40 A.D.; obverse COM F in linear rectangle tablet, pellet in annulet above and below; reverse horse prancing right, VI above, exergual line below; ex Stephen Album auction 21 (15 Jan 2015), lot 1 (realized $900 plus fees); NGC| Lookup; SOLD
Celtic, Ambiani, North East Gaul, c. 58 - 55 B.C., Gallic War Issue
The Ambiani occupied the Somme valley in northern France. These uniface Gallic War staters were struck to fund the war against Julius Caesar in Gaul. The blank obverse is often ascribed to a need for speed in striking this emergency war coinage. There are, however, more than a few other similar uniface Celtic coin types and one blank side would do little to speed up the mint. More likely, they just found one plain side and one detailed side "nice enough." This type is often found in Britain, many of which may have been carried there by Celtic mercenaries retreating after Caesar's victories.SH85134. Gold stater, Delestrée-Tache 241, Cottam ABC 16, Van Arsdell 52-1, Castelin 289, De la Tour 8710, SCBC 11, EF, scyphate, light scratches, weight 6.084 g, maximum diameter 17.4 mm, obverse plain bulge; reverse disjointed "Celticized" horse right, crescents and pellets around; ex Coins of Antiquity (Hillsborough, NC); SOLD
British Celts, N. Thames & Eastern Region, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni, Uninscribed "Essex Wheels" Type, c. 60 - 20 B.C.
The strange story of how Van Arsdell 260 (V260) came to be used as a reference for our gold quarter stater of the Trinovantes & Catuvellauni (Celtic tribes from immediately north of the Thames River) begins with part I of "The Carlyon-Britton Collection of Coins," offered by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 17 Nov 1913. Described under lot 28 were a group of "Silver Uninscribed" coins, the first attributed timidly to the Iceni. Its metrics and overall iconography fit our coin type like a glove. The silver unit found its way to the Fitzwilliam Museum where it was published in SCBI, under #97, for the Catuvellauni. Richard Mack would later list the coin under #76a in the 2nd edition of his book, but as an issue of the Atrebates (& associated tribes). He may have been influenced in doing so by two researchers who noted in 1958 that the coin resembled (at least superficially) the gold staters and quarter staters regularly found on the Sussex coast. Van Arsdell would next include the silver unit in his magnum opus published in 1989, under V260. To this day, the silver enigma is still possibly unique, but after the debut of Van Arsdell's book, gold versions (like our quarter stater) began popping up. They were deemed so similar to V260 that the latter issue has been regularly applied to the gold one by coin dealers and researchers alike! That said, there are no known die links between the two issues. Originally listed as very rare, 53 examples of the gold variety have been recorded by John Sills (in Sills DK) who believes they belong to the north-east Thames region, associating them with the Trinovantes & Catuvellauni.
An equally strange footnote to this story is the gold V260 specimen sold in lot 18 of the Carlyon-Britton sale. It, too, would later call the Fitzwilliam home and be published in their sylloge catalog (as #49). From then to now, it has slipped by mostly unnoticed by numismatists!SH114566. Gold quarter stater, Sills DK 439; ABC 2231 corr. (Atrebates), Hobbs 485 & 496 corr. (same); SCBI I 49 (same); cf. Van Arsdell 260 (silver) corr. (same), Mack 76a (same), aVF, light marks, bold "onion" symbol and triskele, the latter rarely on flan, weight 1.365 g, maximum diameter 11.8 mm, die axis 315o, North Thames or Eastern British mint, c. 60 - 20 B.C.; obverse head of Apollo right, devolved into a pattern of a wreath, cloak, and crescents, with a wheel at top (obscured or off flan); reverse horse leaping right, onion-like motif above its triple tail, wheel between legs, triskele above forehead, and at least one pellet-in-annulet to right; ex CNG e-auction 536 (12 Apr 2023), lot 773; ex Trehearne Collection; scarce; SOLD
England, Edward VI, 1547 - 1553
Edward VI's reign was marked by economic problems, military withdrawal from Scotland and Boulogne-sur-Mer, and social unrest that in 1549 erupted into riot and rebellion. It also saw the transformation of the Anglican Church into a recognizably Protestant body.UK113067. Silver shilling, SCBC 2473, North 1943/1 (R), F, toned, edge split and edge chip, weight 4.422 g, maximum diameter 30.5 mm, die axis 270o, London mint, 1550; obverse EDWARD VI D G ANGL FRA Z HIB REX (Edward VI by the Grace of God King of England, France and Ireland), crowned bust right, tall narrow bust with small crown; reverse TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITE M:D:L (lion) (Fear of the Lord is the fountain of life, 1550, London mint mark), shield with heavy curved garniture, E - R (Edwardus Rex) at sides; ex Gordon Andreas Singer (Greenbelt, MD); rare; SOLD
Maximian, 286 - 305, 306 - 308, and 310 A.D.
Hubert Cloke, co-author of The London Mint of Constantius & Constantine informed us, "The plate coin in my collection (ex Freeman and Sear) is die linked to your coin. In writing our book Lee Toone and I noted another example in the Domqueur hoard. I know of another example in an as yet unpublished French hoard." This coin is then the fourth specimen known to him.RT96907. Billon follis (large), Cloke-Toone 4.03.012 (same dies), Domqueur Hoard 1278 (pl. XVIII), RIC VI Londinium 50 (R), Cohen VI 169, Hunter V -, SRCV IV -, Mantis ANSCD -, Choice gVF, well centered, nice portrait, bare-copper porous surfaces, weight 9.757 g, maximum diameter 28.9 mm, die axis 180o, Londinium (London, England) mint, 1 May 305 - spring 307 A.D.; obverse IMP MAXIMIANVS P F IN AVG (Imperator Maximianus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus), laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front; reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI (to the guardian spirit of the Roman People), Genius of the Roman people standing left, naked except for chlamys over shoulder, kalathos on head, patera in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; extremely rare; SOLD
Celts, Atrebates and Regni, British Tribes, South of the Thames, c. 60 - 20 B.C.
At the time of Caesar's invasion of Britain, the Atrebates, "the settlers," covered Sussex, Berkshire, west Surrey, parts of Hampshire, north-east Wiltshire. The Regni, originally Regini, "the stiff ones," occupied Sussex in Roman times.SH01358. Gold quarter stater, uninscribed 'Bognor Cogwheel' type; Cottam ABC 509, SCBC 48, gVF, scyphate, weight 1.39 g, maximum diameter 13.0 mm, die axis 180o, obverse extremely stylized head of Zeus or Apollo; reverse horse right with triple tail, floral sun above, cog wheel below, wheel right; a beautiful example of Celtic art; SOLD
Anglo-Gallic, Edward III, 1372 - 1377
This type and similar billon Anglo-Gallic coins looked silver when issued, but after some use turned black, hence their nickname, "black money." They were usually hastily and poorly struck, heavily circulated and worn, and seldom hoarded. Surviving examples are now rare and mostly low grade.ME94139. Billon denier au leopard, Elias 107b (RRRR); Hewlett type 2, VF, dark patina, clashed dies, weight 0.907 g, maximum diameter 18.0 mm, die axis 270o, 2nd type; obverse + ED' : REX : AnGLIE (King Edward of England), leopard, mB' below; reverse +DVX : AQIT : BVRD' (Duke of Aquitaine, Burdigala, : stops), cross pattée with crown in second angle, within inner circle; zero sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives in the last two decades; extremely rare; SOLD
British Celts, Iceni (East Anglia), 65 - 1 B.C.
Van Arsdell attributed this type to Boudicca.CE63429. Silver unit, normal face/horse type; cf. Van Arsdell 792 and 794, Cottam ABC 1567, VF, weight 1.257 g, maximum diameter 14.5 mm, die axis 180o, obverse head right with moustache, trefoil before (unstruck), three pellets below; reverse Celticized horse right, belt lines which are a continuation of legs, large wheel-like object above, lozenge shape below with concave sides; ex CNG auction 146, lot 2; SOLD
Anglo-Gallic, Edward II, 1307 - 1326
Edward II had a close and controversial relationship with Piers Gaveston. Powerful barons exiled Gaveston and later executed him. Edward's wife, Isabella of France turned against him and invaded England with a small army. Edward was forced to relinquish his crown in January 1327 in favor of his son, Edward III, and he died in Berkeley Castle on 21 September, probably murdered on the orders of the new regime.ME111004. Silver maille blanche Hibernie, Elias 32, Duplessy Féodales 1049, SCBC-SII 8026, Poey d'Avant 2864 corr. (demi-gross), VF, full flan, toned, light scrapes, edge splits, weight 1.442 g, maximum diameter 23.2 mm, die axis 0o, London, Tower mint, 1326 (perhaps until 1328); obverse + ED': REX ΛnGLIE / + BnDICTV : SIT : nOmE : DnI : nRI (Edward King of England / Blessed be the name of the Lord, double annulet stops), short cross pattée; reverse + DnS : hIBERnIE (Lord of Ireland, double annulet stop), châtel tournois with two turreted towers, three pellets over gateway, topped with a cross pattée; three pellets in a triangle below; all within tressure of arches containing nine leaves; SOLD
Anglo-Gallic, Aquitaine, Henri IV, 30 September 1399 – 20 March 1413
It was common in the 19th century for museums and occasionally collectors to mark coins with a number in ink. Unfortunately the origin of this number is not known. The number can be removed with a solvent cleaner, but it is part of the history of the coin.
Henry IV was King of England from 1399 to 1413. He asserted the claim of his grandfather King Edward III, a maternal grandson of Philip IV of France, to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the first English ruler since the Norman Conquest, over three hundred years prior, whose mother tongue was English rather than French.ME113077. Silver Hardi d'Argent, Withers AGC 283B (S, 4(?)/a), Elias 233e corr. (no annulets on rev.), Duplessy Féodales 1140, SCBC-SII 8147, Choice VF, toned, clipped, clashed dies, weight 1.041 g, maximum diameter 19.2 mm, die axis 0o, Aquitaine mint, 1399 – 1453; obverse E'RIC' R - X AGLIE (or similar, Henry, King of England), half-length figure of king facing, crowned, sword in right hand, left hand raised, annulet (privy mark) above crown, canopy above, figure and canopy breaking legend; reverse FRA-CIE - DNS - AQI (France and Lord of Aquitaine), long cross dividing legend, leopard in 1st and 3rd angles, lis with annulet (privy mark) at foot in 2nd and 4th angles; ex Classical Numismatics Auctions (CNA) VIII (27 Sep 1989), lot 664; SOLD
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