211, Lot: 46. Estimate $100. Sold for $161. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Britain. Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-1 BC. AR Unit (14mm, 1.15 g, 6h). Normal Face-Horse type. Celticized head right; [branch to left], two trefoils to right, three pellets below / Horse right; pellet below tail, wheel above, lozenge-shaped box below. Allen, Coins 95-102; Van Arsdell 792-1; SCBC 434. VF, toned.

From the Dr. William F. Blank Collection.

Although Van Arsdell changed the original attribution of this type to the revolt of Queen Boudicca, his reattribution has been rebuked. For the most cogent and comprehensive rebuttal of the attribution to Boudica, see C. Rudd list 58, pp. 5-11.