LOT 2422
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Baylham Horses - AR Half Unit Mid-late 1st century B.C.
Obv: two horses facing, forelegs raised, standing on beaded spear. Rev: horse right, single rear legs, pellet in annulet above, rope-like object to right with pellet in annulet with crescent 'wings' above rope. Fine, chipped. Excessively rare.(0.35 grams, 10 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureABC 2288, NT5-6, VA -, BMC -, Ev -, Al -, M -, S. -, BNJ 1990, no.147, Chris Rudd 26.66.
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Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - AR Spiky Unit c.8-41 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Obv: bust left with hair spiked, CAMVL before. Rev: seated victory right holding up object, CVNO below. 1.26 grams, 14.42 mm.
Extremely fine, a well struck example and a good representation of the 'spiky' bust. Very rare.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - AE Centaur Unit c. 8-41 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Obv: laureate head left, cvnobel-i-ni around. Rev: centaur right blowing horn, tas-ciova-nif around, groundline below. 2.09 grams, 14.72 mm.
Fine-good fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm 200-100 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Imitating type of Philip II. Obv: celticized profile bust left of Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rev: Zeus seated left holding eagle and beaded sceptre. 3.13 grams, 19 mm.
Good very fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian.
