Iceni, AR Units and Half-Units (11): i) ‘Norfolk God’ Type, AR Unit

Iceni, AR Units and Half-Units (11): i) ‘Norfolk God’ Type, AR Unit, male bust right, short spiky hair, boarskin headdress, rev. horse right, corded mane, cabled pelta above, four pointed star below, 1.27g, 6h (BMC 3605-759; VA 794-1; S. 434; ABC 1567) fair amount of wear to surfaces, detail still good, nice toning in fields, near very fine; ii) ‘Norfolk Boar Phallic’ Type, stylised boar right, pellet below, mane above, rev. horse prancing right, wheel above, phallic motif between pellet triads below, 0.98g, 6h (Evans 16.9; BMC 3473-511; Mack 409; S.431; ABC 1582), slight porosity to surfaces, nicely toned with a touch of rub to high points, well struck in high relief, very fine; iii) Antedios, (AD 10-30), ‘Antd D-bar’ Type, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, corn-ear mane, pellet triad and ANTD monogram below, 1.11g, 5h (Evans 15.10-11; BMC 3800-4025; Mack 420, 421; VA 711, 715; S.441; ABC 1645), well struck, on an irregular flan, slightest marks of deposits and silver-horn to obverse, touch of die flattening to 3 o’clock of obverse, otherwise near extremely fine; iv) Antedios (AD 10-30), ‘Antd D-bar’ type, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, corn-ear mane, pelletal sun above left, pellet triad below, ANTD monogram below, 1.11g, 7h (Evans 15.10-11; BMC 3856-4025; Mack 420, 421; VA 711, 715; S.441; ABC 1645), slight porosity to surface, touch of wear to highest point of obverse, otherwise a well struck example, good very fine; v) Antedios (AD 10-30), AR Unit, ‘Antd D-bar’ type, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, corn-ear mane, pelletal sun above left, pellet triad below, ANTD monogram below, 1.11g, 7h, (S.441; ABC 1645), well struck on large flan, good details, very fine; vi) Ecen, ‘Corn Ear’ Type, double crescents back-to-back with two pellets between and lines and rows of pellets extending outwards, rev. horse rearing to right, with grain ear mane; three pellets and ECEN below, 1.07g, 12h (S.443A; ABC 1657), bright surfaces, reverse in high relief with good detail, fine; vii) Ecen (AD 10- 43) AR Unit, ‘Corn Ear’ Type, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, corn ear mane, one pellet below tail, pelletal sun above, ECEN monogram below, 1.12g, 11h (S.443A; ABC 1657), slight porosity to surface, reverse struck with worn dies, sharp strike to obverse, fine ; viii) Ecen (AD 10-43), ‘Ecen Six’ Type, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, double upper front legs, Y shaped head, pellets on shoulder, 0.97g, 3h (S.445; ABC 1663), porosity to surfaces, reverse struck from worn dies, otherwise good; ix & x) Ecen (AD 10-43), AR Half-Units (2), ‘Mini Stick Horse’ Type, back to back open crescents, two pellets between, all within a rhombus of pelleted fringes, rev. devolved ‘stick’ horse, pellet below, (Evans -; BMC 3781-84; Mack 417a; S.438; ABC 1693), touch of porosity to surfaces, otherwise both struck in high relief , rare, both good fine to very fine examples of the type ; xi) ‘Mini Y Retro’ Type, back-to-back open crescents separated by two pellets, rev. horse left, rein between chest and nose, pellet triads around, 0.35g, 2h (Ch.395; CCI 93.0996; ABC 1696), porosity to surfaces, detail still fine and apparent, excessively rare, near extremely fine (11) Provenance The Roy Hattrill Collection of Celtic Coins C Rudd, by private treaty [with tickets] Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

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