Details
LOT 2800
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; VA 657; SCBC 431. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
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