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LOT 2979
Celtic Britannia, Iceni Fourrée Unit. 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Male head to right, moustachioed, with oval eye, short dashes for hair with longer crescents behind, two trefoils before / Horse rearing to right, with cabled mane; below, lozenge with concave sides, pellet at each corner; above, pelta, tricorne within. For prototype: ABC 1567; Van Arsdell 792; SCBC 434. Very Fine.(1.09gr, 14mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised boar to right, pellet rosette above, pellets before / Stylised horse to right, four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. ABC 1582; Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.50gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Drachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitating Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / Traces of inscription, Zeus seated to left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram in left field. Cf. Lanz 934-39. 2.37gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 25-38. Icenian H type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines surrounded by two lines of pellets / Horse advancing to right; sun above, ECE below. ABC 1657; Van Arsdell 730; SCBC 443a. 1.28gr, 13mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
