LOT 2575
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Half Unit. Circa AD 10-45.
Mini Ed type. Double crescents within lozenge of corded lines / Horse to right, V-shape above, pellet and ED below. ABC 1690; Van Arsdell -; BMC -; SCBC -. Good Fine. Excessively rare.(0.38gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon. Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 14.66gr, 27mm, 11h.
Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Norfolk boar star type. Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; [star below]. ABC 1579; Van Arsdell 657; SCBC 431. 1.06gr, 12mm, 11h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Icenian H type. Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse to right, S beneath head, three pellets and [E]DN below. ABC 1672; Van Arsdell 734; BMC 4223-4281. 1.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
