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 Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 20-43. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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. 0.74gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK.
This 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. -
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 50-15 BC. Odin's Eye type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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. 0.84gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired 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).
