Silver unit of the Catuvellauni

Roger Paul said this Ancient British silver coin has suffered damage in the Cambridgeshire soil it had been in for close to 2000 years.

The coin is a silver unit of the Catuvellauni. Om the obverse is a bearded head facing left with a letter A behind and surrounded by a decorated border. On the reverse is a winged horse facing left with AN D O C O spread around it. Therefore, this is an example of the Andoco Pegasus type. In Ancient British Coins it is listed as number 2721 and in the Standard Catalogue it is number 264.

Valuation

This type of silver unit is very rare but the state of preservation of Roger’s example leaves much to be desired. The obverse is reasonable but the reverse is rather weak and the edge is very badly chipped. Therefore, my valuation figure would be no higher than £40. The valuation figure is low and the condition isn’t good but in many areas an Ancient British silver unit would count as nothing less than a great find.

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