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LOT 2950
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, shrimp and large blobs above, crab below, exergual line with zigzag and pellets. ABC 746; VA 1205; BMC 36-76; S 22. Near Extremely Fine. Yellow gold, clear crab and shrimp. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.0761.(6.17gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Trenerry, FPL Summer 1987, no.52; FPL July/August 1987, no.60.
Ex Vecchi, 15 June 1999, lot 1622.
From Walsh Collection.
Ex DNW, 31 May 2000.
From Chris Hamlyn collection.
From James Hall collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 129, lot 18, ref. no.17111.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Degraded head of Apollo to left / Degraded bull butting to left on exergual line. Cf. ABC 132. 2.98gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Snodland/Burham, UK. Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 16, ref. no.14431. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AV Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Three-men-in-a-boat motif; pellet rosette motif to left / Central thunderbolt, Y-shape either side, uncertain object (stylised bird?) to right. ABC 2205; VA 1225; BMC 414-18; S 368. 1.52gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck in golden gold, clear 'bird'. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.1922.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 57, 4 April 2001, lot 1648. Ex James T. Joyner collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 40, ref. no.16980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
It can surely be no accident that the two Y-shapes in this gorgeous Dutotrigan gold quarter stater closely resemble the Y-shapes seen on the late Hengistbury cast bronze coins. -
Celtic Britannia. Regni and Atrebates, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
COM • F; above and below, voided crescent and pellet / Boar standing to right; star above, VIRI • below. ABC 1223; Bean VERC1-3; VA 470-3; SCBC 131. 1.12gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Silbury Coins. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
