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LOT 2517
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. Angular Bull type.
Outline head to right / Outline bull to right; exergual line below, two crescents above. ABC 171; SCBC 63. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(1.15gr, 17mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Figure running to left, head to right; annulets around, uncertain object below / Horse to right; crescent and pellet-within-annulet above, annulet and ‘comet’ below. D&T 301; cf. Depeyrot, NC VI, 42; cf. CCCBM III 7. 2.85gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones or Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Stylised head to left, wearing helmet / Stylised horse prancing to left; pellets around. Cf. LT 7396 (Senones); cf. D&T 2646 (Senones); cf. Depeyrot, NC VII, 27 (Remi). 2.95gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Dark glossy patina, great head with bold eye.
Ex Polish collection, 1930s. Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 51, no.9/9817 with coin ticket). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Eagle type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; pellet-in-annulet to left, EPATI upward before / Eagle standing facing on snake, head to left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. ABC 1346; Van Arsdell 580-1; SCBC 356. 1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Alan Cherry. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
