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 Apparently unpublished as Half Unit.(0.55gr, 11mm.).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 Central Gaul. Sequani AE Unit. Circa 80-50 BC. Big Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Celticised diademed head to left / Bull(?) butting to left, with S-shaped tail. ABC 106; D&T 3091; LT 5368. 3.52gr, 18mm, 4h.
Fine. Extremely rare as UK find.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL49, lot 51, ref. no.13154 (dealer's ticket included). Ex J Fay collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Rounded Bull Cast Potin. 90-75 BC. Rounded Bull (Cantian D) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Outline head to left with central circle (no pellet) / Outline bull charging to right; two crescents above. ABC 165; Van Arsdell 123-1. 1.86gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Nervii AV Quarter Stater. 2nd century BC. Crossed Lines with Rider type. Gallo-Belgic B.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £335
Die defaced with chisel marks / Charioteer driving horse to left; [‘lyre’ and pellet] below. VA 37; ABC 37; SCBC 9. 1.86gr, 13mm.
Very Fine.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
