LOT 2421
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Iceni - Norfolk Moustached God - Plated AR Silver Unit c.10 B.C.-60 A.D.
Obv: profile bust right with 'moustache' and oval eye and trefoil before. Rev: horse right with pelta with tricorne above and lozenge with concave sides and pellets at points below. Fine. A rare plated example.(0.91 grams, 13 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureS.434, BMC 3556-3604, ABC 1564.
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LOT 2421
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Iceni - Norfolk Moustached God - Plated AR Silver Unit
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Celtic Iron Age Coins - Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - AR Capricorn Type Unit c.25 B.C.-10 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Obv: wreath with opposing crescents at centre, teardrops emanating from crescents, TASC in angles. Rev: winged capricorn, VIR below. 1.31 grams, 13.65 mm.
Extremely fine, struck in good silver with a pleasing tone, possibly the finest known. Very rare.
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. -
Celtic Iron Age Coins - Pritani - Nipples - Cast AE Potin c.80-50 B.C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: crude outline head around large central nipple. Rev: crude outline bull of straight lines around large central nipple. 1.13 grams, 14 mm.
Very fine, pierced.
Found Folkestone, Kent, 1992. Ex Chris Rudd, inv.3608/02. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. Accompanied by a Chris Rudd coin ticket and a handwritten information ticket.
