Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 28. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Britain. Trinovantes. Dubnovellaunos. Circa 25-10 BC. AV Stater (5.51 gm). Branch Type. Banded flan with wreath motif, two outline crescents and two ringed-pellets in centre, forming two ‘sad’ hidden faces, ring at end of wreath / Full-bodied Celtic horse prancing left with beaded mane and long high-arched tail, ringed-pellet above, wavy branch below, pellet in front, DV[B]NOVELL[AVN] around. Hobbs 2425-40; Van Arsdell 1650; SCBC 207. Near VF, golden gold, great horse. ($1000)

Found Maldon, Essex.

Was the Dubnovellaunos in Kent the same king as the Dubnovellaunos who struck a different set of coins in Essex? The numismatic evidence suggests that he was. For an interesting examination of the coins of this ruler see R. Kretz, "From Kentish lad to Essex man," Chris Rudd list 31, pp. 1-6.