LOT 2966
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 20-43. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Male head to right, with short spiky hair and boarskin headdress / Horse to right, with cabled mane, cabled pelta above, kite shape below. ABC 1567; Van Arsdell 792, 794; BMC 3605-759; SCBC 434. Very Fine.(0.74gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
FootnotesThis specimen clearly displays the moustache and the characteristic crest of boar-like bristles, which seem to indicate that the deity is wearing a boarskin headdress.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones AE Unit. Circa 60-50/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Celticized janiform head; [below, six(?) pellet-in-annulet] / Celticized bull (or lion) standing to left; above, three pellet-in-annulets in form of a triangle; below, pellet-in-annulet. D&T 563; Depeyrot, NC VI, 95; CCCBM III 68-70. 2.66gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. 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. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni. Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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; below, pellet triad and monogram of ANTD. Van Arsdell 715-1; ABC 1645; BMC 3960-4009. 1.04gr, 13mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
