LOT 2736
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.(7.37gr, 13mm 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): £33
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 2.94gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Uncertain Southern mint. Verica Tiberius type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Figure standing facing and holding curved lituus and grapes, COM to left field, MI F to right / Laureate bust of Tiberius to right, VERI behind head, CA before. VA 533-1; ABC 1250; SCBC 136. 1.30gr, 13mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink (company's tickets included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 5-43. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Stylised boar to right, with long bristles; pellet under tail, pellet-in-annulet at the end / Stylised horse to right; two pellets under tail, short dashes for mane, four-spoked wheel above with pellet triad either side, top of phallic motif below. ABC 1582; VA 659; BMC 3482; SCBC 431. 1.08gr, 13mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful, detailed and sharp example.
Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 33, ref. no.16192 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
