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.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Stater. Circa 20 BC-AD 40. Freckenham Crescents type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
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. 5.37gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Victory type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
TΛS-CIO-V, Victory seated to right on backless chair, holding wreath in her outstretched left hand / EPAT, boar charging to right; behind, tree. ABC 1349; BMC 2294-2328; VA 581; SCBC 357. 1.30gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive toning with blue and golden iridescence in fields.
Ex Noonans Mayfair, 18.09.2013, Lot 1293. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Thurrock MA type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to left / Degraded bull butting to right; MA above. ABC 120; VA 1406. 3.13gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
