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№ 3

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17 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,650

Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British Ma [Wonersh type], cruciform wreath pattern with crescents in centre, pellet-in-annulets in angles, rev. horse right, anti-clockwise spiral above, pellets and annulets around, six-spoked wheel below, 5.34g/11h (BMC 351ff; VA 1522; S 36). Good very fine or better, extremely rare
£800-1,000

Provenance: Found at Wanborough (Wiltshire); C. Rudd FPL 78, November 2004 (44). CCI 04.2168

Van Arsdell is of the opinion that this variety represents a link between the Wonersh and Savernake Forest types