LOT 2743
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. Near Extremely Fine. A miniature masterpiece. Exceedingly rare. Only twelve other recorded (when sold); no other examples on CoinArchives.(0.23gr, 8mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
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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LOT 2743
Celtic Britannia. Atrabates and Regni, Verica AR Minim.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Bury Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed female head to left; snake symbol before / Horse leaping to left; annulet and pellet boss in ring of pellets above, pellet-in-annulet below. ABC 1495; VA 80-1 (Imported); SCBC 432. 1.38gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Wheel type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Boar to right, pellet ring above, pellet-in-annulets around / Horse to left, wheel above, pellet-in-annulet behind, star before. Cf. VA 862.1; SCBC 399. 0.49gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 70-65 BC. Au Lion type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Celticised male head to right, with curly, mushroom-shaped locks on either side of the face / Celticised lion standing to left, mane in small locks ending in pellets; before, ornament. DT 231; cf. LT 8577. 2.78gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Struck on a short flan. Dark green patina.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
