LOT 2766
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes AR Unit. Circa 60-20 BC. Whaddon Goat type.
Celticised head to left with corded hair; [rosette before] / Horned goat or stag standing to right, right foreleg raised; pellet-in-annulets around. ABC 2487; VA 1552-1; SCBC 51. Good Very Fine. Broken and repaired. Very rare.(0.75gr, 14mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 42, ref.no.11324 (dealer's ticket included).
Ex Tony Abramson collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. 1.45gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.18gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
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.
