LOT 2413
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - AR Spiky Unit c.8-41 A.D.
Obv: bust left with hair spiked, CAMVL before. Rev: seated victory right holding up object, CVNO below. Extremely fine, a well struck example and a good representation of the 'spiky' bust. Very rare.(1.26 grams, 14.42 mm.).
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureABC 2855; VA 2045-1; S. 303.
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LOT 2413
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - AR Spiky Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Celtic Iron Age Coins - Iceni - Norfolk Wolf Left - AE Gold Plated Stater Core Mid 1st century B.C.-mid 1st century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Bronze core of a contemporary imitation or forgery. Obv: crude bust right. Rev: disjointed wolf left with crescent and pellets above and pellets below. 3.45 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Andoco - AR Unit Circa 20-5 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Obv: lifelike male head left with beaded beard and droopy moustache, within interlaced vine border. Rev: winged horse (Pegasus) with bridle rein flying left, ANDOCO around. 0.82 grams, 13 mm.
Extremely fine. An exceptional specimen and very rare.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
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.
