LOT 3718
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Struck circa 50-30 BC. Punk Head type.
Celticized head to right / Horse to right; pellets in fields, phallus below. ABC 1525. Near Very Fine.(1.22gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3718
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£75 (EUR 87; USD 101) +BP*
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Stater. Circa 65-1 BC. Uninscribed. Icenian A (Norfolk Wolf) type.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Devolved head of Apollo to right / Wolf standing to left; pellets and crescent above, large pellet and three small pellets in triangle below, bird on back and pellet-in-annulet behind. ABC 1399; Van Arsdell 610-3; SCBC 31. 4.81gr, 19mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni. Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30. Antedios Antd-D Bar type.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £35
Double crescents back to back with two pellets between and lines and rows of pellets extending outwards / Stylised horse prancing right, with grain ear mane; pelletal sun above, reversed S before, pellet triad, line of three pellets and ANTED monogram below. ABC 1645; SCBC 441; BMC 3856-3959. 0.96gr, 14mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine. Edge chipped.
From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43. Stepping Horse type.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
Double crescents back to back with two pellets between and lines and rows of pellets extending outwards / Horse rearing right, with grain ear mane; pelletal sun above, S before, ECE below. ABC 1660; SCBC 445; Van Arsdell 760. 0.76gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection.
