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 Britain. Group of Two (2) AE Units. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Types from various tribes. 4.26gr total, 12-16mm.
Fine to Near Very Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Celtic Britannia. The Trinovantes, Dubnovellaunos Headband AE Unit. 5 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Headband type. NT7. Head to left with corded line between face and hair, [DVBNOVIILL before] / Horse to right with head turned back, DVBN below. ABC 2404; BMC 2445; SCBC 210; Chris Rudd 69.56. 3.02gr, 16mm, 2h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, 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.
