Very Rare Tasciovanus 'Quadrilateral' AR Unit
Silver, 1.20 grams; 13.78 mm. Obverse: quadrilateral crossed by pellet-in-line ending in ring and pellet-ring variation, "T" in one corner. Reverse: horse right, ring above and a further ring above head, VER before. Celtic Coin Index Registration Number at Oxford University: CCI 09.3012. VA. -, BMC. 1655; Mossop 295; S. 228. Very fine. Found Cambridgeshire.
Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University writes: “Rainer Kretz has recorded 17 other Tasciovanus units of BMC 1655 type, his D2 type, your no. 12582...A rare type but an eccentric striking.”