Spink > Auction 23051Auction date: 27 January 2024
Lot number: 1001

Price realized: 320 GBP   (Approx. 406 USD / 375 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Iron Age Britain, Cantiaci, Amminus (AD 30-40), AR Unit, 'Plant' Type, 'Duno' Mint, AMM-INVS outwards commencing at 4 o'clock, plant at centre breaking inner ring, rev. winged Griffin trotting right, head turned facing, DVN on ground line below, 0.77g, 1h, 11.52 mm x 0.88mm. diameter / thickness (PAS KENT-27EAEC this coin; VA 192; Mack 313; BMC 2522; ABC 456; Spink 188), slightly off-struck on an elliptical flan, a hint of field porosity, otherwise lightly toned and handsomely lustrous, a pleasing very fine, very rare, and with a securely contextualised British findspot.
Provenance,
Found at Lympne, Folkestone and Hythe District (Kent), by Wednesday 8 January 2020,
~ Recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, ref. KENT-27EAEC ~
Estimate: £240 - £300