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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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AV Quarter Stater. AD 8-41.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
CAMVL in tablet over vertical wreath / Biga to left, branch above; wheel and CVNO below. Mack 202; BMC 1836-36a; ABC 2807; SCBC 290. 1.31gr, 11mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred; rose tone. Rare.
Found near Fyfield, Essex, UK, in 2021. -
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. 15.41gr, 29mm.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. The Trinovantes, Dubnovellaunos Headband AE Unit. 5 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Headband type. NT7. Head to left with corded line between face and hair, [DVBNOVIILL before] / Horse to right with head turned back, DVBN below. ABC 2404; BMC 2445; SCBC 210; Chris Rudd 69.56. 3.02gr, 16mm, 2h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
