LOT 3723
Group of Three [3] Cunobelin AE Units from Celtic Britannia. 1st century AD.
Comprising: three bronze units of different reverse types, one with a bull facing right, one with a centaur, and one with a sow. (6.55gr total.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3723
Group of Three [3] Cunobelin AE Units from Celtic Britannia.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, AR Unit. Struck circa 50-30 BC. Uninscribed. Punk Head(?) type.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Celticized head to right / Horse to right; ring of pellets and pellets above, phallus(?) below. Cf. ABC 1525. 1.24gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Figure running to right, holding torque and spear / Beast to right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483-506; de la Tour 8124. 3.80gr, 20mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Ecen AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43. Stepping Horse type.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Double crescents back to back with two pellets between and lines and rows of pellets extending outwards / Horse rearing right, with grain ear mane; pelletal sun above, S before, ECE below. ABC 1660; SCBC 445; Van Arsdell 760. 0.76gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection.
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