LOT 2986
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. Good Fine.(15.27gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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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 AD 10-40. Norfolk God type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Celticized head to right; corn ear behind, [two trefoils before] / Horse to right; [pelta above, tricorn within]; lozenge below with concave sides, pellet at each corner. ABC 1564; Van Arsdell 790-1 (Boudicca); SCBC 434. 0.81gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 25-38. Icenian H type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines surrounded by two lines of pellets / Horse advancing to right; sun above, ECE below. ABC 1657; Van Arsdell 730; SCBC 443a. 1.28gr, 13mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
