LOT 2870
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci, Thames Nipples Cast Potin. 1st century BC.
Class II. Outline head to right around large central nipple / Crude outline bull to left around large central nipple. ABC 174; BMC 715-723; SCBC 64. Very Fine.(1.33gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceFound Tendring, Essex.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Celts in Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Head of Celticized Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Blundered inscription around, Herakles, nude but for lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left. Cf. Göbl OTA Class III/7. 16.81gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Wavy flan.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates & Regni, Commius(?) AR Minim. Circa 50-25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Concave Square (Atrebatic A) type. Square with concave sides, pellet-in-ring at center / Horse leaping to left; wheel above, pellet-in-annulet below. Van Arsdell 482-1; ABC 1046; SCBC 59. 0.29gr, 7mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celts in Danube Region AR Tetradrachm. Circa 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Imitating Tetradrachms of Thasos, Thrace. Head of Celticized Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ, Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram of MH to inner left. Cf. Lanz 971-4; cf. Göbl OTA ppl. 46-7. For prototype see HGC 6, 359. 15.96gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
