The Iceni were an alliance of four or five groups inhabiting much of East Anglia, including Norfolk, north Suffolk and north-east Cambridgeshire. Their most famous ruler, Boudica, led a revolt against the Romans in AD 60. Mint sites: Thetford, Saham Toney and Needham.

Toney Curly Top. Left. c.AD 1-10. Silver unit. 12-14mm. 0.83g. Male head facing right, pellets for hair./ Curvy horse facing left, pellet mane, large open head, lozenge above with pellet in centre and at each corner, ringed-pellet below. ABC 1549, VA–, BMC 3554, COI 68c, S 433. VF/Good VF, lightly toned silver, bold horse. Ex David Burd collection. Found Ashill, Norfolk. EXTREMELY RARE only nine others recorded.                                                                      Was £650. Now only £600

The Toney Curly Top head is directly copied from a coin of Tasciovanos, ABC 2610, as were the pellet triads in front of it (Did Cunobelin control the Iceni?, Chris Rudd List 102, November 2008, p.2-6). Dr John Talbot thinks the same engraver was responsible for both coins (Made for Trade, p.101). It’s over six years since we sold a Toney Curly Top, Left which are much rarer than the usual Right facing Sun or Kite types.

Coins of the Iceni (COI) published by Chris Rudd (£20 + p&p) and is a comprehensive catalogue of 250 coin types, sub-types and variants of coins of the Iceni c.55 BC-AD 47.