LOT 2969
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-15 BC. Odin's Eye type. Uninscribed issue.
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. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.84gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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).
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 80-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Moon-shaped head facing to right, with pointed nose, mouth consisting of two vertical dots and almond-shaped eye / Horse with bird-like head galloping to right, boar below, charioteer in the form of ringed monster holding beaded strap ending in a diamond-form composed of four dots in front of the horse. Delestrée 2340. 6.42gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AV Stater. Circa AD 10-20. Camulodunum (Colchester) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
CA-MV, grain ear / CVN, horse leaping to right; above, branch; in field to right, pellet-in-annulet. ABC 2777; Van Arsdell 1931-7; BMC 1787-1792; SCBC 285. 5.45gr, 19mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Lustrous rose gold.
Found Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Monday 27th April 2015. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.CAM-CD5F58. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Norfolk God type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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.
