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LOT 2959
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 25-38. Icenian J type.
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines / Horse advancing to right; sun above, three pellets in a line below. ABC 1678 & 1681; Van Arsdell 752; BMC 4297-4325; SCBC 436. Very Fine.(1.18gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.22gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AV Stater. Circa AD 10-20. Camulodunum (Colchester) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
CA-MV, grain ear / CVN, horse leaping to right; above, branch; in field to right, pellet-in-annulet. ABC 2777; Van Arsdell 1931-7; BMC 1787-1792; SCBC 285. 5.45gr, 19mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Lustrous rose gold.
Found Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Monday 27th April 2015. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with report no.CAM-CD5F58. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. 1st century BC. Bury Diadem type. Gallo-Belgic XD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Female head to left, diadem above forehead, corded curls for hair / Prancing horse to right, tiny S-shapes for mane, pellet-in-ring below, pellet-in ring and large pellet-in-ring within ring above. Cf. ABC 1495; cf. Van Arsdell 80-1; SCBC 432. 0.78gr, 13mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK.
