LOT 2756
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.(3.10gr, 17mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL51, lot 16, ref. no.15264 (dealer's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Southwest Gaul. Tolosates Fourrée Drachm. 125-80 BC. 'À la tête négroide'' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £56
Stylised head to left, 'negroid' type, the hair represented by a row of 's' resting on a row of Y-shaped ears / Boulet cross in the centre, formed of four cantons each adorned with a lunette: annulet in one canton, pellet in the others. LT 2986; BN 2976-3240; SCBC 75. 2.17gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Veliocasses AE Unit. Circa 60-50 BC. Boar Wheel type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head to right with pointed nose, slitty eye and stalk lips / Boar to left with upturned snout; below, wheel. LT 7333; DT 660; BMC 9-11. 2.34gr, 15mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL56, lot 7, ref. no.13136 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Late 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left; blundered legend around. OTA, Class II. 17.24gr, 32mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
