LOT 2563
Celtic Britannia. Thurrock Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC.
Chicken-Head type. Head to left / Degraded bull to right. ABC126; SCBC 62. Good Fine.(3.38gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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. 1.12gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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 Gaul. Aedui (?) AR Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmetted(?) head to left / Horse to left; wheel below. Cf. D&T 3189; cf. Depeyrot, NC IV, 197. 1.92gr, 13mm.
Fair.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
