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 Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 45-10 BC. South Ferriby Plain type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Blank / Stylised horse standing to right; sun ring above. ABC 1803; Van Arsdell 877-3. 1.03gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 45-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised boar standing to right / Stylised horse standing to right; sun ring(?) above. Cf. ABC 1803. 1.16gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni Fourrée Unit. 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Male head to right, moustachioed, with oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, two trefoils before / Horse rearing to right, with cabled mane; below, lozenge with concave sides, pellet at each corner; above, pelta, tricorne within. For prototype: ABC 1567; Van Arsdell 792; SCBC 434. 1.09gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
