LOT 2568
Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Trocc AE Unit. Circa AD 10-20?
'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. Good Fine.(1.34gr, 15mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 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).
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LOT 2568
Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Trocc AE Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Celtic Britannia. The Iceni AR Half Unit. Circa 35-25 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
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. 0.61gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Celts of Eastern Europe AE 13mm. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Imitation of Maroneia, Thrace issue. Horse standing to right; monogram below / Four bunches of grapes within linear square, blundered inscription around. For prototype cf. Schönert-Geiss 723; BMC 65-70. 4.14gr, 13mm, 9h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Thurrock Potin Unit. 100-90 BC. Trinovantian A class.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Degraded head of Apollo to left / Degraded bull butting to left on exergual line. ABC 132; Van Arsdell 1426-1. 4.22gr, 23mm, 3h.
Fine. Pronounced casting sprue across flan.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
