249, Lot: 452. Estimate $200. Sold for $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CELTIC, Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-1 BC. AR Unit (14mm, 1.25 g, 1h). Head right; trefoil ornament before / Horse right; wheel-like object above, lozenge-shaped box below. Van Arsdell 794-1; SCBC 434. VF, attractive light toning.

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.