LOT 2735
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.(3.20gr, 15mm x 7mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the continental art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2735
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. 3.20gr, 15mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the continental art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 BC. Atectorix Bull type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ATECTORI, male head to right with short hair / Bull standing to right with head lowered; above, beaded ring; in exergue, floral ornament. DT 3722; LT 4349; BMC 196-199. 1.42gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 5, ref. no.5, no.12512 (dealer's tickets included). Ex D Lee collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Atectorix may mean 'good king' or 'belonging to the king'. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. Circa 90-60 BC. Three Dots type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Linear head to left, three dots in centre / Stylised bull to left. ABC 162; VA 122; BMC-; SCBC 63. 1.19gr, 16mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Broken. Excessively rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL33, lot 19, ref. no.12923 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
One of the rarest of Kentish potins. This specimen is desirable because it displays a neat casting tang and because striations are clearly visible on the obverse, caused by a piece of wood used to smooth off the unbaked clay casting mould before the lines of the head were scribed.
