Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1387. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $413. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Iceni. Queen Boudicca. Circa AD 61. AR Unit (1.22 g, 8h). Normal Face-Horse B/C type. Celticized head right; branch to left, three pellets below, trefoils to right / Celticized horse right; pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge-shaped box below. Allen, Coins 95-102; Van Arsdell 794-1 var. (pellet in box); SCBC 434. Good VF, toned.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection.

Although these types have traditionally been ascribed to Queen Boudicca, hoard studies and finds over the past 15 years have shown that the Normal Face-Horse series probably began much earlier, and continued into her reign.