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LOT 2781
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Boar to left; wheel above, pellet-in-annulet below / Horse to left, pelleted ring above. Good Very Fine.(0.46gr, 10mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 BC. Atectorix Bull type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ATECTORI, male head to right with short hair / Bull standing to right with head lowered; above, beaded ring; in exergue, floral ornament. DT 3722; LT 4349; BMC 196-199. 1.42gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 5, ref. no.5, no.12512 (dealer's tickets included). Ex D Lee collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Atectorix may mean 'good king' or 'belonging to the king'. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 60-30/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Celticised figure running to right or dancing, helmetted head to left, annulets and sun around / Horse galloping to right; star and crescent above, star below. Cf. DT 291; cf. LT 7258. 1.86gr, 14mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
