Details
LOT 2797
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Stater. Circa 20 BC-AD 40. Freckenham Crescents type.
Solid back-to-back crescents, row of pellets projecting from each concave side; V-shape at each point of the crescent, pellet triad above and below / Horse to right with round head and closed mouth; star below, solar ring above, pellet triad each side. ABC 1447; VA 620-7; SCBC 426. Very Fine.(5.37gr, 18mm.).
Provenance
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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