LOT 2770
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Victory type.
TΛS-CIO-V, Victory seated to right on backless chair, holding wreath in her outstretched left hand / EPAT, boar charging to right; behind, tree. ABC 1349; BMC 2294-2328; VA 581; SCBC 357. Good Very Fine. Attractive toning with blue and golden iridescence in fields.(1.30gr, 12mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Noonans Mayfair, 18.09.2013, Lot 1293.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2770
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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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. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. Circa 90-60 BC. Three Dots type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Linear head to left, three dots in centre / Stylised bull to left. ABC 162; VA 122; BMC-; SCBC 63. 1.19gr, 16mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Broken. Excessively rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL33, lot 19, ref. no.12923 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
One of the rarest of Kentish potins. This specimen is desirable because it displays a neat casting tang and because striations are clearly visible on the obverse, caused by a piece of wood used to smooth off the unbaked clay casting mould before the lines of the head were scribed. -
Celts in Middle Danube. Hercuniates AE Tetradrachm. 2nd century BC. Kapostal type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Devolved laureate head of Zeus to right / Devolved rider on horseback to left; large crest above head, [crescent] to left, hobble below. Lanz 784-90; CCCBM I 90; LT 9807; Dembski 1424; Göbl, Ostkelten 488/7. 9.60gr, 23mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Dark glossy patina. Struck on a large flan.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL65, lot 2, ref. no.16889 (dealer's ticket included). Ex Dr Miklos Hoka collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
