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LOT 2975
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi, Vepo AR Half Unit. Circa AD 15-40. Inscribed Issue, Series 1. Vepo Retro type.
Wreath / Horse to left, double upper front legs, pellet-in-ring beneath tail, VEP retrograde (VE ligate) above. ABC 1899; VA 947; BMC 3321; S 413. Near Very Fine.(0.45gr, 11mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 2975
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi, Vepo AR Half Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Stylised boat with two standing figures, pellets to left / Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects around. ABC 767; VA 143; BMC 129-36, 410-13, S 6. 1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Bedhampton, Hampshire, UK, on 6 March 2011. Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 16, ref. no.15730. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Helmetted head to left; floral ornament before / Bull butting to right; fleur-de-lis above. D&T 229; Depeyrot, NC VII, 137; CCCBM III 303-4. 3.35gr, 17mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_132681). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, shrimp and large blobs above, crab below, exergual line with zigzag and pellets. ABC 746; VA 1205; BMC 36-76; S 22. 6.17gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Extremely Fine. Yellow gold, clear crab and shrimp. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.0761.
Ex Trenerry, FPL Summer 1987, no.52; FPL July/August 1987, no.60. Ex Vecchi, 15 June 1999, lot 1622. From Walsh Collection. Ex DNW, 31 May 2000. From Chris Hamlyn collection. From James Hall collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 129, lot 18, ref. no.17111. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
