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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Quarter Stater. Circa 10 BC-AD 5. Irstead Smiler type.
Branches projecting from latticed square / Long-legged horse right, beaded mane, crescent 'smile' above, ringed-pellet below. ABC 1480; VA-; BMC 3437-38; S 430. 1.12gr, 9mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Chunky flan of warm cuprous gold, fabulous well centred horse.
PROVENANCE:
Found Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex Bernard Winstanley collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 134, lot 25, ref. no.17753.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
FOOTNOTES:
This is the gold quarter that accompanies the above Crescent Type Freckenham Flower gold stater. Note that both stater and quarter have the same 'open-headed' horse. On this richly toned example you can see four pellet-eyes of two hidden faces.
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