LOT 2733
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
In the shape of a quadruple band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. Condition as seen.(6.20gr, 16mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the continental art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head left / Boar standing left; two circles below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 153; CCCBM III 398-404 var. (no cross). 2.45gr, 17mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. AD 8-41. Cunobelinus Metalworker type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Winged head to left, [CVNOBELIN] around / Metal worker seated to right, hammering vase, [TASCIO] before. ABC 2969; VA 2097; BMC 1072-83; SCBC 342. 1.99gr, 16mm, 5h.
Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 55, ref. no.12043 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Late 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left; blundered legend around. OTA, Class II. 17.24gr, 32mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
