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. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Boar to right, large wheel above / Horse to right, large wheel above. ABC 1827; VA 862; SCBC 399. 0.47gr, 11mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. 1.45gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Cavalry Duo type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
COMMIF, warrior on horse to right holding oval shield / [VERI]-CΛ, warrior on horse to right holding spear. ABC 1238; VA 530-1; SCBC 133. 0.94gr, 12mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Ex Noonans Mayfair, 18 September 2013, lot 1264. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
