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LOT 2533
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Eagle type.
Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; pellet-in-annulet to left, EPATI upward before / Eagle standing facing on snake, head to left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. ABC 1346; Van Arsdell 580-1; SCBC 356. Good Very Fine.(1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Alan Cherry.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2533
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 1st century BC. 'tête humaine de face' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Helmeted head to left / Boar to left, tail curled; between legs, small human head. LT 9180; D&T 151. 3.04gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Figure running to left, head to right; annulets around, uncertain object below / Horse to right; crescent and pellet-within-annulet above, annulet and ‘comet’ below. D&T 301; cf. Depeyrot, NC VI, 42; cf. CCCBM III 7. 2.85gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 55-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Nude man, kneeling to right; boar above right arm, annulet before / Horse with human head to right; above and below, triad of pellets on globe, annulet before. LT 7276 var.; DT 306 (Gallic Wars); Scheers 163, series II, 605. 3.33gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex iNumis, Paris, France. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
