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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Half Unit. Circa AD 25-38. Mine Ece type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Back-to-back crescents in diamond shape / Horse to right; above, pellet triad each side of V-shape; below, ECE. ABC 1687; Van Arsdell 742; SCBC -. 0.37gr, 11mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below, ring above / Celticised horse prancing to right; star below. Cf. ABC 1579; cf. Van Arsdell 657; cf. SCBC 431. 0.64gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic(?) type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £17
Stylised boar to right / Stylised horse to right, four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line(?) below. Cf. ABC 1582; cf. Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.67gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Stylised boar to right, pellet rosette above, pellets before / Stylised horse to right, four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. ABC 1582; Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.50gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 20-43. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £90
Male head to right, with short spiky hair and boarskin headdress / Horse to right, with cabled mane, cabled pelta above, kite shape below. ABC 1567; Van Arsdell 792, 794; BMC 3605-759; SCBC 434. 0.74gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK.
This specimen clearly displays the moustache and the characteristic crest of boar-like bristles, which seem to indicate that the deity is wearing a boarskin headdress. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Norfolk God type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £45
Celticized head to right; corn ear behind, [two trefoils before] / Horse to right; [pelta above, tricorn within]; lozenge below with concave sides, pellet at each corner. ABC 1564; Van Arsdell 790-1 (Boudicca); SCBC 434. 0.81gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-15 BC. Odin's Eye type. Uninscribed issue.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £50
Male head to right, with herringbone hair and large oval eye; another eye in front of mouth / Horse to right, pellet in annulet below. ABC 1531; Van Arsdell 665-7; SCBC 433. 1.05gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The blinded eye and the eye in the mouth (speaking with foresight) could refer to the Scandinavian myth of Odin (Chris Rudd List 23, no.30). -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-15 BC. Odin's Eye type. Uninscribed issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £30
Male head to right, with herringbone hair and large oval eye; another eye in front of mouth / Horse to right, pellet in annulet in beaded ring below, pellet in ring above. ABC 1531; Van Arsdell 665-7; SCBC 433. 0.84gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The blinded eye and the eye in the mouth (speaking with foresight) could refer to the Scandinavian myth of Odin (Chris Rudd List 23, no.30). -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. 1st century BC. Bury Diadem type. Gallo-Belgic XD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £90
Female head to left, diadem above forehead, corded curls for hair / Prancing horse to right, tiny S-shapes for mane, pellet-in-ring below, pellet-in ring and large pellet-in-ring within ring above. Cf. ABC 1495; cf. Van Arsdell 80-1; SCBC 432. 0.78gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43. Possibly Ecen Corn Ear type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £27
Double crescents back to back with two pellets between and lines and rows of pellets extending outwards / Horse rearing to right, with grain ear mane; pelletal sun above, three pellets and [ECEN?] below. Cf. ABC 1657; cf. SCBC 443A. 0.95gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43. Ecen(?) type.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines / Horse advancing to right. Cf. ABC 1678 & 1681; cf. SCBC 436. 0.48gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Possibly Mossop Proto Head type. Uninscribed issue.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £5
Blank / Horse to right, pellet-in-ring below, star above tail; diamond-shaped motif above with pellet in ring in each corner; ring above head. Cf. ABC 1522; SCBC 433. 0.55gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
