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230, Lot: 1. Estimate $150.
Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Britain. Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-1 BC. AR Unit (13mm, 1.00 g, 5h). Celticized head right; trefoil ornament before / Celticized horse right; wheel-like object above, lozenge-shaped box below. Van Arsdell 794-1; SCBC 434. Near VF, darkly toned.


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.