Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 27. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $910. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Britain. Catuvellauni. Tasciovanus. Circa 25-10 BC. Æ Unit (1.98 gm). Verulamium mint. VERV, jugate bearded heads right / TASC, ram standing left; rosettes in field. SCBI 20 (Mack) 134 (this coin); Hobbs 1711; Van Arsdell 1705-1; SCBC 242. CCI 67.0102. Good VF, wonderful jade green patina. ($500)

Ex R.P. Mack Collection, 134 (his ticket included); purchased Seaby, 21 April 1959; found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 1960.

It is remarkable that neither Hobbs, nor van Arsdell, nor the SCBC make mention of the clear obverse legend on this coin type, visible in most of the photographed specimens.