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LOT 3001
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Stylised boat with two standing figures, pellets to left / Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects around. ABC 767; VA 143; BMC 129-36, 410-13, S 6. Good Very Fine.(1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound Bedhampton, Hampshire, UK, on 6 March 2011.
Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 16, ref. no.15730.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Horse prancing to right; torque before, pellets and annulets around / Boar standing to right; pellets and annulets above, pellet-in-annulet and pellet-in-lozenge below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 259; D&T 449. 2.69gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Paris. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AR Fraction. Circa 75-50 BC. Picardy Horse Face type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Stylised helmet head right, horse's head forming eye and nose / Horse right, with long beaded mane, six armed 'star' in front with ring at centre, two rings above, small horse's head below. LT 8500/8515 var.; BMC 156; Sch/ GB 51, fig. 330; DT 189; Allen 'Les pièces d'argent minces du comté de Hampshire', Revue Numismatique, VI série, VII (1965), p.79-93, pl.V, no.29. 0.48gr, 13mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned, great horse, full 'star'. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 5, ref. no.15074. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
As Derek Allen (1965) says, this extraordinary type was ultimately derived from the Pallas Athene silver coins of the Aulerci Cenomani (cf. LT 5967, 5973, 5980, 5985) and heavily influenced the Hampshire Thin Silver series of the British Belgae (ABC 911) and the Chichester Chariot Wheel thin silver of the Regini (ABC 701). This lovely example of the Picardy Horse Face explicitly shows a horse's head emerging from the forehead of the stylised head. The spear is also clearly displayed as part of the helmet. The spidery 'star' symbol in front of the horse can be seen again before the horse on the Yarmouth gold stater of the Regini (ABC 518). -
Celts in Middle Danube AR Drachm. 3rd–2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Stylised head of Heracles wearing lion skin headdress to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left on throne, holding eagle in his right hand and sceptre in his left. Dembski -; Flesche -; Lanz -. 3.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
