LOT 2423
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm 200-100 B.C.
Imitating type of Philip II. Obv: celticized profile bust left of Herakles in lionskin headdress. Rev: Zeus seated left holding eagle and beaded sceptre. Good very fine.(3.13 grams, 19 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Cf. DLT 9646 for type.
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LOT 2423
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Danubian - Alexander the Great Type - Imitative AR Drachm
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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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 - Dobunni - 'Eisv Oxo' - AR Unit Mid 1st century B.C.-mid 1st century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Obv: crude head right, pellet in ring for eye, pellets in arcs behind, stalk lips. Rev: triple tailed annulate horse left, pellet and EI above, pellet and S V below. 0.84 grams, 13 mm.
Very fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
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.
