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LOT 3073
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Half Unit. Circa AD 25-38. Mine Ece type.
Back-to-back crescents in diamond shape / Horse to right; above, pellet triad each side of V-shape; below, ECE. ABC 1687; Van Arsdell 742; SCBC -. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. Very rare.(0.37gr, 11mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right, with grain ear mane; [pelletal sun above], below, pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ANTD. ABC 1645; Van Arsdell 715-1; BMC 3960-4009. 0.81gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Bacton, Suffolk, U.K. UKFD record no.48976. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Tasciovanos AE Unit. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Tasciovanos Laureate type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head to left, garnished border around / Fat horse to left, tail raised over body, trefoil of pellets above and below, pelletal sun ring before. ABC 2697; Van Arsdell 1822-1; SCBC 258. 1.26gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found UK. From the collection of a Bedford, UK, lady. -
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. AD 8-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CVNOBE-LINVS REX, bust to right / Bull butting to right, TA[SC] in exergue. ABC 2966; Van Arsdell 2095; BMC 1944-51; SCBC 340. 1.91gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Found UK. From the collection of a Bedford, UK, lady.
