LOT 2783
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Uninscribed. South Ferriby Boar type.
Simplified boar to right, ring of pellets above, rings around / Horse to right, pelletal sun ring above, pellet-in ring before. Cf. ABC 1800 (Unit); cf. VA 875.2 (same); SCBC 397. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Half Unit.(0.55gr, 11mm.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 3.71gr, 18mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. 150-101 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Apollo to left / Bull butting to right; [MA?] above. Cf. ABC 120; cf. VA 1402-1. 2.89gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL48, lot 18, ref. no.11451 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Thurrock MA type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head to left / Degraded bull butting to right; MA above. ABC 120; VA 1406. 3.13gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
