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LOT 2743
Estimate
GBP (£) 150 - 200
EUR (€) 170 - 230
USD ($) 200 - 270
(8 Bids, Reserve met)
Celtic Britannia. Atrabates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. AD 10-20. Verica Sphinx Right type.
CⵙMMⵙIFⵙ, bare male head to right; all within beaded border / VE-R-I (anticlockwise), Sphinx seated to right, with wings spread; all within beaded border. ABC 1340, VA -; BMC 1587-89; SCBC 163. 0.23gr, 8mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. A miniature masterpiece. Exceedingly rare. Only twelve other recorded (when sold); no other examples on CoinArchives.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 26, ref. no.15994 (dealer's ticket included).
Found near Ford, Arundel.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
FOOTNOTES:
Dr John Creighton says: 'One of the most potent symbols was that on the signet ring of Augustus himself: the sphinx. Octavian had used this image in Rome during the Triumvirate, and its significance grew as he continued to use it as his defining image on his signet ring. It was his distinctive seal. Tasciovanus was the first to use the image in Britain, followed by Sego, Cunobelin and Verica' (Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain, 2000, p.107).
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