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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. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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. 1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Found 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. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΛΠ, nude youth, holding palm, on horseback to right; below, Λ above torch; to lower right, monogram(?). Cf. Göbl, OTA pl.4, 18.2-3. 13.60gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi, Vepo AR Half Unit. Circa AD 15-40. Inscribed Issue, Series 1. Vepo Retro type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Wreath / Horse to left, double upper front legs, pellet-in-ring beneath tail, VEP retrograde (VE ligate) above. ABC 1899; VA 947; BMC 3321; S 413. 0.45gr, 11mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
