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CELTIC IRON AGE COINS - CATUVELLAUNI - AGR- HORSE GOLD QUARTER STATER 35-43 AD Obv: corn ear without central stalk with [CA]M to left and CVN to right. Rev: horse rearing right with AGR below. 1.37 grams. Extremely fine; arguably the finest known example. Excessively rare (only four others recorded). Provenance The Brodie Hall, Kent, UK collection; acquired Chris Rudd (with envelope and ticket); found near Stowmarket, Suffolk, 2009. Published Chris Rudd, List 112, number 53 (this coin). Literature S. 352; BMC 1854; ABC 3002; See Chris Rudd, Lists 64, pp.5-8; 65, pp.2-3; 70, pp.2-4 and 112, pp.5-6 for discussion. Footnotes Chris Rudd notes: 'Agr is one of the most elusive rulers of late iron age Britain and this is the prettiest Agr gold quarter stater we have seen. A great specimen of a great rarity.'