Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1348. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Æ Unit (2.50 g, 9h). Verulamium mint. Struck circa 5 BC-AD 5. Cruciform pattern, possibly celticized winged thunderbolt / Boar right; crescent above, VE[R] below. Van Arsdell 1713-1; SCBC 252. Near EF, green patina. Rare.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection.

The date for this issue is based on parallels with the silver types in Kretz’s group D.