LOT 2574
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43.
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. Very Fine.(1.12gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AR Unit. Circa AD 8-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Camulodunum mint. North Thames Region. Two Leaves type. CV-N, two wide leaves above and below crescents back to back / CAM beneath horseman to right, holding short sword and shield. ABC 2888; Van Arsdell 2047; BMC 1866-7; SCBC 304. 1.24gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found Essex, UK. -
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. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Trocc AE Unit. Circa AD 10-20?
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
'Troccos Bull' type. Augustan style head to left, [CVNO before], pellet-in-ring beneath chin (partially shown) / Bull butting to right, pellet-in-ring above, TR[OCC] and pellet-in-ring (partially shown) below, pellets around. ABC 2996; Van Arsdell 1985-1; SCBC 341. 1.34gr, 15mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Trocc(os?) or Trocc(ios?), formerly read as TASC by Mack and Van Arsdell, is probably an ancient British personal name which may mean something like 'crippled' or 'lame' or perhaps 'cut short' as in the word 'truncated'. Of the eight provenanced examples of this bronze unit four were found in Essex, three in Suffolk. Was Trocc(os?) an early associate of Cunobelinus who ruled briefly in the eastern part of his kingdom? He could have been an influential relation of Tasciovanos or Dubnovellaunos, possibly reformed, dwarfish of physically disabled (hence his unflattering name), who was initially tolerated by Cunobelinus and then deposed (ABC, note p. 142).
