Coins of the week

Here are seven rare Ancient British coins which you should note right away in your 2007 diary:

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £200 on this very rare Dubnovellaunos Metalworker silver unit. Only 15 others recorded.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £200 on this boldly branded Tincomarus Warrior gold stater. Ex Nigel Campbell collection.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £250 on this gorgeous golden Commios E-Type stater. Its unusual ovoid flan gives you a great display of both the all-important E-sign and the solar wheel below. Extremely rare, only 11 others recorded. Ex Dr John Tonkin Perry collection, USA.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £135 on this lovely Lindsey Scyphate gold quarter stater. Full flan (none of the usual chips) and cuppy enough to contain quite a few drops of sacrificial human blood - or whatever vital bodily fluid you may care to conjure up in your reconstruction of a Druid votive offering to guarantee you a prosperous New Year.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £400 - yes, one third of its previous catalogue price! - on this rare Esu Prasu gold stater, with its clearly inscribed inscription.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £450 on this excessively rare Volisios Dumnocoveros silver unit. Only three others recorded, including one in the British Museum.

In the Chris Rudd January Sale you can SAVE £300 on this daringly designed Gold Tit quarter stater with its breast-like bulge (only a British artist would have the nerve to propose and execute such a starkly simple engraving) and its delightfully dinky gee-gee. Another excessively rare piece of 2,000-year-old gold; no, they don't knock 'em out like this any more. Only five others recorded. Chris Rudd January list. 08.01.07