LOT 2982
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Epaticcus AR Minim. Circa AD 35-43. Boar's Head type.
EPATI, pellet-in-ring motif above and below; all within pellet border / Boar's head to right; TA below; all within pellet border. ABC 1370; SCBC 360; Van Arsdell 585-1. Good Very Fine. Toned silver, complete inscription, great boar's head.(0.28gr, 8mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 118, lot 20, ref. no.15487.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The letters TA below the boar's head refer to Tasciovanos and indicate that Epaticcus comes from the court of Tasciovanos; indeed he may have been a son of Tasciovanos and younger brother of Cunobelinus.
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LOT 2982
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Epaticcus AR Minim.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Addedomaros AE Unit. Circa 45-25 BC. 'Corded' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Head to left with corded hair / Horse running to left, pellets and pellets in annulets around, flower below. VA 1615; SCBC 206. 1.41gr, 14mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Spink. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Southwest Gaul. Petrocorii AR Drachm. 2nd century BC. Périgueux Flamboyant type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head left, with elliptical eye, large open crescents for hair / Cruciform motif, axes and pelleted-rings in angles. Saves 220-222; BN 3525-28; BMC 81. 1.74gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Great head, both axes visible. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 125, lot 6, ref. no.16649. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
CGF attribute this type to the Petrocorii 'the four armies' and they're probably right to do so. Strabo - his name means 'squint-eyed' - indicates that the Petrocorii were very good metal-workers (Geog. IV, 2, 2). Caesar says Vercingetorix asked them to supply 5,000 troops for his rebellion (BG VIII, 75). Depeyrot records only 18 examples of this very rare type, most of them in museums. -
Celts. Uncertain AR Half Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Head(?) to right / Animal standing to left; pellet-in-crescent above. 0.10gr, 5mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins basement, 20th century.
