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Celts in Lower Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Late 2nd-1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Celticised head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit / Imitative legend around Celticised Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club in his right hand and lion skin in his left; in inner left field, H. OTA Class 3. 15.80gr, 30mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Artemide Kunstauktionen, e-Live Auction 10, 24 November 2019, lot 13 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Southeast Gaul. Allobroges AR Drachm. Circa 75-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Area of the Dauphiny. Celticized laureate head of Apollo to left / Horse rushing to left; above, stylised caduceus. Castelin 22-24; De la Tour 2895; Delestrée & Tache 3113; Depeyrot I, 77. 2.33gr, 14mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Besançon Numismatique, 2 September 2015, lot 85. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 20, 10 July 2020, lot 5 (company's ticket included). -
Celtic Britannia. North-Eastern series ('Corieltauvi'), Uninscribed AV Stater. Circa 50-20 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
South Ferriby type (Corieltauvian D). Devolved head of Apollo to right / Disjointed horse to left; 'anchor' shape above. Cf. ABC 1743 (rosette beneath horse); Cf. Van Arsdell 811-1 (star beneath horse); SCBC 390 (same). 5.02gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Surface abrasions on edge and highlights.
Found by Robin Sykes in Yorkshire, UK, on 4th March 2006. Recorded with Philip de Jersey of the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford University with reference no.CCI 07.0097. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card by Jim Halliday. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 60-20 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Lincolnshire Wolf type. Wolf standing to right with open jaws, three ringed-pellets above / Horse standing to left, triangle of ringed-pellets above. Van Arsdell -; BMC 3205-3206; ABC 1788. 0.67gr, 13mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Addedomaros AE Unit. Circa 45-25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
'Corded' type. Head to left with corded hair / Horse running to left, uncertain symbol above, ring-pellet below. ABC 2544; Van Arsdell 1646-1. 1.03gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AV Quarter Stater. AD 8-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
CAMVL in tablet over vertical wreath / Biga to left, branch above; wheel and CVNO below. Mack 202; BMC 1836-36a; ABC 2807; SCBC 290. 1.31gr, 11mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred; rose tone. Rare.
Found near Fyfield, Essex, UK, in 2021. -
Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AE Half Unit. Circa AD 10-40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Cunobelinus Hounded type. Dog running to left, looking back, CAM below / Dog bounding to left, CVNO below. Cf. ABC 2990 (CVN); cf. Van Arsdell 1967-1 (same). 0.98gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant of an extremely rare type.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Calabria, Tarentum AR Hemiobol. Circa 325-280 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Two crescents back-to-back; pellet above and below, T to left / Two crescents back-to-back; pellet and Π above, pellet below. Vlasto -; HN Italy -; HGC 1, -; unpublished with the combination of these letters. 0.26gr, 7mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Variant not found in the major references.
Swiss private collection, acquired in 1992. -
Apulia, Arpi AE 20mm. Circa 3rd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate head of Zeus to left; [ΔAI]OY before, [thunderbolt behind] / Boar running to right; spearhead above, APΠAN[ΩN] in exergue. HN Italy 642; SNG ANS 635-9; HGC 1, 534. 6.68gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Sicily, Messana. The Mamertinoi AE 26mm. Circa 275-264 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Laureate head of Ares to right; uncertain symbol behind, Α[ΡΕΟΣ] before / Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, wings spread; MΑΜΕΡ-[ΤΙΝΩΝ] around. Cf. CNS 2; HGC 2, 870. 17.93gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Thrace, Abdera AR Tetrobol. Circa 336-311 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ΙΠΠΩΝΑΞ(?) (Hipponax), magistrate. ΑΒΔΗ-[Ρ]ΙΤΕΩ[Ν], griffin springing to left ΕΠΙ ΙΠΠ[ΩΝΑΚΤΟΣ?], laureate head of Apollo to right; above, scallop shell. Cf. May 544; HGC 3.2, 1227i. 2.56gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Thrace, Ainos AR Diobol. Circa 458/7-455/4 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head of Hermes to right, wearing petasos / A-I, kerykeion within incuse square. May, Ainos 34-6; McClean 3810; HGC 3.2, 1273. 1.33gr, 9mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.