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LOT 2576
Celtic Britannia. The Iceni AR Half Unit. Circa 35-25 BC.
Stylised boar to right, front leg comprised of two lines; pellet in ring below, three pellets to right / Celticized annulate horse to right with round head; pellet rosette above, three(?) pellets below. ABC 1621; cf. Van Arsdell 661.1; SCBC 437. Near Very Fine.(0.61gr, 11mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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LOT 2576
Celtic Britannia. The Iceni AR Half Unit.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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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. 14.66gr, 27mm, 11h.
Fine.
From a UK, private collection. -
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. 15.10gr, 30mm, 12h.
Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Norfolk God Small Head Type (Icenian O). Celticized head to right; corn ear behind, two trefoils before / Horse to right; pelta above, tricorn within; lozenge below with concave sides, pellet at each corner. ABC 1564; Van Arsdell 790-1 (Boudicca); SCBC 434. 0.90gr, 13mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
