LOT 2782
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Boar to right, large wheel above / Horse to right, large wheel above. ABC 1827; VA 862; SCBC 399. Near Very Fine.(0.47gr, 11mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Temple type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Roman-style temple flanked by C-F (retrograde) / Bull butting to right, VER (retrograde) above, REX in exergue. VA 553-1; BMC 1538-41; ABC 1316; SCBC 152. 0.31gr, 8mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 82, lot 27, ref. no.9077 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd notes: 'Why are the letters C F upside-down, relative to the temple? Did the Celtic engraver have some other interpretation in mind for this motif? Or were there two engravers, one in charge of the inscription, who didn't realize what he was looking at?' -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. AD 8-41. Cunobelinus Rex type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CVNOBE[LINVS REX], bust to right / Bull butting to right, TA[SC] in exergue. ABC 2966; VA 2095; BMC 1944-51; SCBC 340. 2.31gr, 15mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Green, glossy patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL54, lot 48, ref. no.15354 (dealer's ticket included). Ex C Lister collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. 7.37gr, 13mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the continental art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
