Coins and Historical Medals

British Iron Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Epaticcus (AD 20-40), gold Stater, ear of corn dividing tasci f, rev. mounted warrior right, holding lance and shield, epaticcv around, 5.27g/9h (Sills class 1, 381 [O3/R9]; ABC 1343; BMC 2021-3; VA 575-1; S 355). Very fine or better, extremely rare £3,400-£4,000

Found in May-July 2019 (PAS HAMP-192454, 2019T712) after the initial discovery of the dispersed Chawton Vine Leaf Hoard (Hampshire) in 2012 (PAS HAMP-6DFB33, 2012T43), this coin is no. 20; DNW Auction 249, 1 February 2022, lot 18

The tie or ornament at the base of the corn ear bears more than a passing resemblance to a similar motif on Cunobelin’s excessively rare crescent-type stater