Ancient Coinage of Britain, Iceni

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Allen Type BHCeltic Britain, Iceni ‘Freckenham Boar’ AR Unit. Silver, 0.96 g. Early-mid 1st century AD. Boar right, prominent bristles, single front leg below knee, pellet rosette below / Horse right, large wheel above, pellet rosette below. V. – ; Allen type: BH. See CCI 99.0234, etc. CCI Reg. number: CCI 00.1805.TextImage
BMC 3356Celtic Britain, Iceni ‘Early Face/Horse Type’ AR Unit. Silver, 1.20 g. Circa 50-30 BC. Celticized male head right with herringbone hair and large eye / horse right, wheel above, pole beneath. V. – ; Allen type: EFH CC; BMC 3356-3555; Seaby 433 var. CCI Reg. nr: CCI 00.1801.TextImage
BMC 4297Celtic Britain, Iceni, AR Ecen Type Unit, ecen unit un-inscribed, 2 opposed crescents. Seaby 436; V 752; BMC 4297-4325. TextImage
Hobbs 3595Celtic Britain, Iceni. Queen Boudicca. Mid-Late First Century BC. AR Unit (0.99 g). Head right / Horse right. Hobbs 3595 (same dies); Van Arsdell 790-1; Seaby 434. Toned, VF, slightly porous. Estimate 50. TextImage
Seaby 31Celtic Britain. Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-45 BC. AV Stater, 5.9. Norfolk Wolf type. Devolved head of Apollo right. / Wolf standing left; pellets, leaf, and bean above, dot and crescent below. Hobbs 217; Van Arsdell 610-2; Seaby 31.TextImage
Seaby 429Celtic Britain, Iceni, AV Quarter-Stater, Snettisham type. Uninscribed issue. 12mm, 1.09 g. 15 BC-AD 20. Broad cross formed by dots, within wreath. / Celticized horse right, dot in ring above and below, trefoil to right. Seaby 429; ABC 1462; BMC 3422-3426.TextImage
Seaby 430Celtic Britain, Iceni, AV quarter-stater, Irstead type. Uninscribed issue. 12mm, 1.05 g. 15 BC-AD 20. Elaborate wreath motif: box with lines in centre and branched wreaths at the sides. / Celticized horse right, dot in ring below horse, dot beneath horse's tail, crescent above. Seaby 430; VA 628; ABC 1480; BMC 3436.TextImage
Seaby 431Celtic Britain, Iceni, AR Norfolk Boar Phallic type. 0.77 g. AD 5-43. Boar right with long bristles with spear piercing ears, rosette of dots above and dot below. / Horse right with four-spoked wheel and two dots above, two dots beneath tail and phallic motif below with trefoil of dots on each side. Seaby 431; BMC 3473-3511; ABC 1582; Van Arsdell 659.TextImage
Seaby 432Celtic Britain, Iceni, AR unit, Bury type. Uninscribed issue. 12mm, 1.36 g. 15 BC-AD 20. Diademed, female head left, serpent to left. / Celticized horse left, dot in ring above and below. Seaby 432; ABC 1495; BMC 3524-3527; Van Ardesll 645.TextImage
Seaby 434Celtic. The Iceni. Mid-Late 1st Century BC. AR Unit (14mm, 1.22 g. Regular Face/Horse type, attributed to Queen Boudicca. Head right; branch behind; triskeles-like symbol before. / Horse right; wheel above, lozenge below. Hobbs 3621; Van Arsdell 790-1; SCBC 434.TextImage
Sear SG 182 typeCeltic Britain, The Iceni. First century BC. AR 13mm, 1.16 gm. Wreath with two back to back crescents / Horse galloping left. Sear SG 182 type.TextImage
VA 610Celtic Britain, Iceni Base Gold Stater. Norfolk Wolf type. Abstract head right / Wolf left. Van Arsdell 610-613, Mack 49b, Hobbs 227; Seaby 28.TextImage
VA 628-1Celtic Britain, Iceni, AV 1/4 stater, Irstead type. 1st century BC. 0.98 g. "Hatched" box / Horse to right with raised leg, triplet above, pellet below. BMC 3436; Mack 404; Van Arsdell 628-1.Text Image
VA 657Celtic Britain, Iceni, AR unit, (1.03g) 35-25 BC, Boar right, flower above. / Disjointed horse right, with three pellets and large crescent above, six-pointed star below. Van Arsdell 657. TextImage
VA 659-1Celtic Britain, Iceni, AR unit, 15 BC-AD 20. 1.1 g. Boar right, dot in circle above, two dots beneath the head, dots beneath the tail and beneath the front legs. / Horse right, wheel between two groups of three dots above, diamond-shaped lozenge and dots below. Van Arsdell 659-1; Rudd ABC 1582; Mack 409; Hobbs 3473.TextImage
VA 710Celtic Britain, Iceni, ANTED type. AR 13 mm, 1 g. AD 20-35. Two crescents back to back between two horizontal lines, two dots between the crescents, two vertical lines above and below, each with two dots beside and between them. / Celticized horse right, circle of dots with dot in centre at upper right, ANTED monogram beneath the horse. Van Arsdell 710, Seaby 441; Stukeley 1776.TextImage
VA 756-1Celtic Britain, Iceni, 45-50 AD. AR silver unit. 0.95 g. Double crescent pattern with two dots in centre. / Celticized horse right with three dots on shoulder, three dots and inverted V below. VA 756-1; BMC 4283-4296.Text Image
VA 760Celtic Britain, Iceni, 45-50 AD. AR quinarius. 14 mm, 1.12 g. Double crescent pattern with two dots in centre. / Celticized horse right, rosette above, ECE monogram below. VA 760-1; Rudd ABC 2660; SCBC 434.TextImage
VA 764Celtic Britain, Iceni, 45-50 AD. Double crescent emblem / Celticized horse right, ECE below. Van Arsdell 764.TextImage
VA 790Celtic Britain, The Iceni, "Boudicca" (AD 61) AR Unit. Celticized head right / Celticized horse right, wheel above, lozenge below. Hobbs 3556ff; Van Arsdell 790. TextImage
VA 792Iceni, AR unit, Norfolk, AD 10-15. Moustache type, 14 mm, 0.8 g. Celticised head right, with oval eye, moustache, hair represented by short dashes with long, dotted crescents, corn-ear behind head, two trefoils to right. / Horse galloping right with cabled mane, tricorne in pelta above, diamond-shaped lozenge below. Van Arsdell 792 and 794; BMC 3605-3759; ABC 1567.TextImage
VA 1681Celtic Britain. Iceni. Ecen, ca 25-38. AR Unit 12 mm, 1.25 g. Ecen Symbol (Icenian J) type. Two opposed crescents with dots between, superimposed upon band of three lines surrounded by two lines of dots. / Celticized horse leaping right with dots above and below. Rudd ABC 1681; Van Arsdell 1681.TextImage
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