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 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. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. Circa AD 10-41. Camuloduno type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CAMVL-ODVNO in two panels / Sphinx crouching to left, raising her right foreleg; CVNO in panel below. Hobbs 1928-30; VA 1977; SCBC 332. 2.08gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 53, ref. no.14432 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Helmeted head to left; floral ornament before / Bull butting to right; fleur-de-lis above. D&T 229; Depeyrot, NC VII, 137; CCCBM III 303-4. 2.76gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_215030) (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
