Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 25. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CELTIC, Britain. Trinovantes. Addedomarus. Circa 45-20 BC. AV Stater (5.61 gm). Triple wreaths in spiral centered on three crescents; pellets in interstices / Horse galloping right; triplet symbol above, cornucopiae below, pellet-in-rings around. Hobbs 2397; Van Arsdell 1620-1; SCBC 201. Good VF, strong strike. Rose gold. ($1000)
The nature of the complex triplet symbol above the horse remains controversial. Van Arsdell described it as a "three-ringed object, similar to Llyn Cerig Bach gang-chain", while John Evans proposed a circle of three horse heads.