LOT 2765
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Addedomaros AV Stater. Circa 45-25 BC. Addedomaros Spiral type.
Six-armed spiral of wreaths, three crescents in centre / Horse to right; pellets-in-annulets around, 'cornucopia' below; three horse muzzles and inscription above. ABC 2517; VA 1620-1; Hobbs 2402-4; SCBC 201. Good Very Fine. Beautiful rosy gold.(5.51gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, e-Auction 141, 19 July 2015, lot 32.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 460, 29 January 2020, lot 1007.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
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LOT 2765
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Addedomaros AV Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 2.94gr, 17mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company'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. -
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.
