LOT 3059
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci AE Unit. Circa 40-20 BC.
[Boar or wolf standing to left before tree] / Lion standing to right; ring-pellets around. Cf. ABC 270; cf. Van Arsdell 154-5; cf. SCBC 176. Good Fine.(2.12gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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LOT 3059
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci AE Unit.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £25
Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right, with grain ear mane; [pelletal sun above], reversed S before; below, pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ATD. Van Arsdell 715-1; ABC 1645; BMC 3960-4009. 0.79gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Huntingdonshire, UK. PAS record no.BH-265C64. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Cast Unit. Early 1st century BC. Uninscribed. Angular Bull type (Cantian D).
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Stylised head to left / Stylised bull; two crescents above, pellet and exergual line below. ABC 171; cf. Van Ardsell 133 and 135-136; SCBC 63. 2.12gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Wilden, Bedfordshire, UK. UKFD record no.55983. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Northeast, Ambiani AV Stater. Circa 58-55 BC. Gallo-Belgic E. Gallic Wars Issue.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £480
Plain bulge / Large disjointed horse to right; ornaments around; solid exergue line above pellets-in-crescents. Depeyrot, NC VI, 161; D&T 240; Van Arsdell 52-1; ABC 16; SCBC 11. 6.25gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
