Silver Unit Odin's Eye Wheel / Odin's Eye 2 / Irstead A
Features
| Issuer |
Iceni tribe
(Celtic Britain)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 20 BC - 10 BC |
| Value | Silver Unit |
| Currency | Stater |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 1.2 g |
| Diameter | 16 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 460716 |
| References | ABC# 1537 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Mack# 413a, 413bRichard Paston Mack; 1975. The Coinage of Ancient Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Talbot MfT# Irstead A John Talbot; 2017. Made for Trade: A New View of Icenian Coinage. Oxbow, Oxford, United Kingdom.Elizabeth Cottam, Chris Rudd; 2022. Coins of the Iceni. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. |
Series: Denominational Period I
Obverse
Głowa mężczyzny po prawej stronie tego samego rozmiaru co flanela, włosy w jodełkę, duże owalne oko w kształcie ziarenka kawy, zarys półksiężyca na ucho. Kolejne oko przed ustami.
Reverse
(en) Horse right, large open head, bifurcated upper front legs. Above, ringed pellet or pellet triad to either side of eight-spoked wheel with axel and tail (curved lines branch clockwise upwards from wheel). Ringed pellet below.
Comments
(en)
Allen Type: British IIIa.
Mack 413a: Silver E. Very crude head right. Horse right, wheel, ring ornament and curves above.
Mack 413b: Silver E. Very crude head right. Horse right, wheel, group of three pellets above, wheel below.
Van Arsdell Classification: Icenian E, Early Uninscribed Coins, Freckenham Era Types. VA 665 - 03 (Celtic Head Type): Ring-and-pellet motif above horse. Curved line runs tangentially upwards from wheel.
Chris Rudd (ABC) 'Odin's Eye Wheel'.
Talbot Irstead. Irstead coins have a distinctive horse, and the gold quarter reverse dies were sometimes used to strike silver units. The denominational period started with higher purity gold (after the debasement of the Wolf B) and is stylistically linked to early local period silver, with Irstead following Plouviez with less silver and more copper content in the gold. Struck at Mint A, which was responsible for most gold and used the most dies, characterised by a horse with an open head. The Irstead stater is associated with the Irstead Smiler quarter, Irstead A unit and Irstead half unit.
Talbot Chronology: Gallo-Belgic E/Ingoldisthorpe - Early Local Period I (55BC-35BC) - Early Local Period II (35BC-15BC) - Denominational Period I (15BC-5: Snettisham - Plouviez - Irstead - Early Boar Horse) - Denominational Period II (5-25: Boar Horse B - Boar Horse C) - Denominational Period III (25-45).
Cottam and Rudd list one type:
COI 44 (ABC 1537) - Odin's Eye 2 (40 known).
Cottam and Rudd Chronology: Gallic War Unity (55-50BC) - Post-War Austerity (50-35BC) - Peaceful Prosperity (35BC-20) - Client-State Conformity (20-47) - Claudian Regality (43-47).
There is a variant with a ringed pellet (also with curved lines branching clockwise upwards) instead of a wheel.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (20 BC - 10 BC) | 
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(en) Ringed pellet above with curved lines branching upwards | |||||||||||||
| ND (20 BC - 10 BC) |
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$ 240 | (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards | ||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© Suffolk County Council (CC BY 2.0)
ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards • 15.11 mm • 1.01 g
ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards • 15.11 mm • 1.01 g
PAS Unique ID: SF-6C5EE3 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/891609
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Noonans Auction 276 Lot 1029 
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18 Jul 2023 | ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Ringed pellet above with curved lines branching upwards | F |
USD 107.55
(GBP 80.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Noonans Auction 164 Lot 2036
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9 Oct 2019 | ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards | VF |
USD 228.54
(GBP 170.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Noonans Auction 354 Lot 85
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24 Mar 2026 | ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards | F |
USD 114.27
(GBP 85.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Noonans Auction 346 Lot 21
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27 Jan 2026 | ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards | F |
USD 241.98
(GBP 180.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Noonans Auction 322 Lot 22
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8 Apr 2025 | ND (20 BC - 10 BC) – (en) Wheel above with curved lines branching upwards | F |
USD 645.29
(GBP 480.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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