| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5 Price realized: 320 GBP (Approx. 402 USD / 373 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Cantii, Uninscribed Coinage (c. 120-100 BC), Cast AE Potins (8), Kentish Primary Series, "Thurrock MA" Types (2), head of Apollo left, rev. butting bull right, 3.53g [54.48grns], 3h (Evans -; BMC 660ff; VA 1402-1; Mack -; ABC 120; Spink 62), waterworn and lightly pitted, on a distinctive 'cast-sprue' flan, the Massalia [Marseille] Prototype (ABC 115) beautifully clear, almost very fine; another, similar to last, 3.55g [55.0grns] (Evans -; BMC 660ff; VA 1410-1; ABC 120; Spink 62), pitted fields and darker patina, the MA obliterated, about very fine; additionally, Series "KE3", linear Bull varieties (6), crude head left, rev. lines representing bull, WEIGHT (Evans H7; BMC 681; VA 123/125-1; Mack -; ABC 156/165; Spink 63); another, similar, albeit head right, 1.56g, 9h (ABC 165; VA 125-1; Spink 63), dark blackish tone throughout, slightly jagged edges, bright surfaces, very fine; also, as last, WEIGHT? (Mack 17a; VA 129-1; Spink 63); another, Weight (VA 125-1; Spink 63); and Cast AE Potin (VA -; Spink 63); and, AE Cast Potin (Mack 24; VA 137-1; Spink 64) ////// lastly, Type E ~ "Early Dump Type", linear head left, pellet in annulet for face, rev. rhomboid central motif with inner pellet, straight lines and crescents in surrounding fields, 1.16g [18.0grns] (Evans - [cf. H8]; BMC 716; VA 136-1; Allen M2; Mack 23 [Sylloge 105]; ABC 174; Spink 64), residual casting sprue to flan, a hint of verdigris, otherwise stable, a bold very fine, rare and with a terrific provenance. Provenance, i) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1998 - £55, ii) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1989 - £30, iii) ?????, iv) By private treaty, £28, v)?????, vi) ????, vii) ????, viii) T Mathews, by private treaty, 1983 - £160, Commander R P Mack, Part I, Glendining-Spink, 18 November 1975, lot 24* - fine and rare - £125, R C Lockett, Part I, Glendining, 6-9 June 1955, lot 99 [part] - 'Brentford Types' - £8.10.0 [Hearn], Alexander Mann, Sotheby's, 29 October 1917, lot 123 [part] - £2.2.0 [Spink], Major P W P Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby's, 17 November 1913, lot 30 -...'(g) head to left, rev. square figure representing horse (?) - unpublished - £3.0.0 [Mann] Estimate: £240 - £300 |  |
