LOT 2755
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. 150-101 BC. Thurrock MA type.
Head of Apollo to left / Bull butting to right; MA above. ABC 120; VA 1402-1. Very Fine.(4.71gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Noonans Mayfair. Sale No 85, Lot 6.
Found at Woodnesborough (Kent) c.1999.
Chris Rudd FPL 59, September 2001 (21). CCI 01.1102.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 2.96gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Light grey patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL45, lot 9, ref. no.13557 (dealer's tickets included). Ex A Clarke collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. Circa AD 10-41. Bull Sacrifice type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pegasus to right, CV-NO behind and below / Winged Victory sacrificing bull to right, TASCI below. VA 2099; SCBC 343. 2.00gr, 25mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 56, ref. no.12669 (dealer's ticket included). Found Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, 2006-2007. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni, Anted Fourrée Unit. Circa 10 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head to right, with stalk lips, 'worms' and pellets in front, ringed-pellets and X on cheek / Triple-tailed horse to left, pellet and TED above, AN below. For prototype: ABC 2072; VA 1082; SCBC 380. 1.19gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
