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.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Wheel type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Boar to right, pellet ring above, pellet-in-annulets around / Horse to left, wheel above, pellet-in-annulet behind, star before. Cf. VA 862.1; SCBC 399. 0.49gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus AR Unit. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Tincomarus Comet type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Pellet radiating six arms; traces of inscription / Boy riding dolphin to right, [TINC] below. ABC 1127; VA 371; SCBC 88. 1.04gr, 12mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Uninscribed. South Ferriby Boar type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Simplified boar to right, ring of pellets above, rings around / Horse to right, pelletal sun ring above, pellet-in ring before. Cf. ABC 1800 (Unit); cf. VA 875.2 (same); SCBC 397. 0.55gr, 11mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Half Unit.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
