LOT 2753
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Boar Lion type.
Boar to left, standing on exergual line / Lion to right with S-shaped tail, rings around. ABC 270; VA 154-5; BMC 2487; SCBC 176. Good Very Fine. Nice emerald patina. Very rare.(1.92gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL70, lot 15, ref. no.17694 (dealer's tickets included).
Ex J Lumley collection.
Ex M J Grover collection.
Found Kent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Uninscribed. South Ferriby Boar type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Simplified boar to right, ring of pellets above, rings around / Horse to right, pelletal sun ring above, pellet-in ring before. Cf. ABC 1800 (Unit); cf. VA 875.2 (same); SCBC 397. 0.55gr, 11mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Half Unit.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Norfolk Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 0.75gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Stater. Circa 20 BC-AD 40. Freckenham Crescents type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Solid back-to-back crescents, row of pellets projecting from each concave side; V-shape at each point of the crescent, pellet triad above and below / Horse to right with round head and closed mouth; star below, solar ring above, pellet triad each side. ABC 1447; VA 620-7; SCBC 426. 5.37gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
