Unique ID: 29
Insular Cf2 is the earliest identifiable British gold coinage. It was derived from, and contemporary with, the later GB-Ca2 classes (see 45). It is split into two classes, with the first starting as a near identical copy of GB-Ca2, and the second being a much cruder copy. It is likely that the dies for the first class were cut by an experienced continental engraver who had worked on GB-Ca2, and the dies for the cruder second class were cut by a newly trained British engraver.
This coin is one of the crude class 2 coins, and is the plate coin in “Divided Kingdoms” (DK 134). Its metal content has been analysed, and it consists of 59.5% gold, 31.1% silver, and 10.1% copper.
This is one of two in the collection (see 41).