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LOT 2969
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AR Unit. AD 10-43.
CVNO, draped and winged bust to right / TASCIO, sphinx seated to left. Hobbs 1874; VA 2057-1; SCBC 313. Near Very Fine.(1.33gr, 12mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2969
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
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Celtic Britannia. Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Eagle type (Atrebatic L).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Head of Hercules to right; pellet-in-annulet to left, EPATI upward before / Eagle standing facing on snake, head to left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. VA 580-1; ABC 1346; SCBC 356. 1.34gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Silbury Coins. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. Circa 2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / ΑΛΙΕΛΛΙU, celticised Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing to right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram; beneath throne, Δ. Lanz 936-8; Lukanc pl. 7, 9 var.; OTA 591/1 var. 4.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex A. Cotterall collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Stylized head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylized charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above, ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; DT 2334. 6.75gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Bright silver, full head, well ornamented.
Ex Alan Harrison collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 4, ref. no.15842. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
