LOT 2734
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. Condition as seen.(7.40gr, 13mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the continental art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2734
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 14.96gr, 29mm.
Fine.
Ex Munich collection. -
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50 BC-AD 50. Uninscribed. Cotswold Crosses Type. Head type I/J.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Moon head to right, represented by nose and stalk lips, ring for eye and two other rings below, two crescents beneath lips; crescents and pellet rosettes before / Horse to right, V beneath tail; large cross below with small crosses and other motifs in angles; cruciform pattern of ring-in-annulet and crescents above; annulet before. ABC 2036; VA 1135-1 & 1137/1 (Catti); SCBC 377. 0.75gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Boar Lion type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Boar to left, standing on exergual line / Lion to right with S-shaped tail, rings around. ABC 270; VA 154-5; BMC 2487; SCBC 176. 1.92gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Nice emerald patina. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL70, lot 15, ref. no.17694 (dealer's tickets included). Ex J Lumley collection. Ex M J Grover collection. Found Kent. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
