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LOT 2982
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 80-50 BC.
Moon-shaped head facing to right, with pointed nose, mouth consisting of two vertical dots and almond-shaped eye / Horse with bird-like head galloping to right, boar below, charioteer in the form of ringed monster holding beaded strap ending in a diamond-form composed of four dots in front of the horse. Delestrée 2340. Near Extremely Fine.(6.42gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-15 BC. Odin's Eye type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Male head to right, with herringbone hair and large oval eye; another eye in front of mouth / Horse to right, pellet in annulet below. ABC 1531; Van Arsdell 665-7; SCBC 433. 1.05gr, 13mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The blinded eye and the eye in the mouth (speaking with foresight) could refer to the Scandinavian myth of Odin (Chris Rudd List 23, no.30). -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised boar to right, pellet rosette above, pellets before / Stylised horse to right, four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. ABC 1582; Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.50gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones AE Unit. Circa 60-50/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Celticized janiform head; [below, six(?) pellet-in-annulet] / Celticized bull (or lion) standing to left; above, three pellet-in-annulets in form of a triangle; below, pellet-in-annulet. D&T 563; Depeyrot, NC VI, 95; CCCBM III 68-70. 2.66gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
