LOT 2787
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50-20 BC. Cotswold Cock type.
Moon head right with sunburst on chin, crescents for hair, various symbols in field / Triple tailed annulate horse left, animal head and radiant sun above, cockerel head below, wheel before, dispersed symbols around. ABC 2012; VA 1020-1; SCBC 377. Very Fine.(1.12gr, 14mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Victory type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
TΛS-CIO-V, Victory seated to right on backless chair, holding wreath in her outstretched left hand / EPAT, boar charging to right; behind, tree. ABC 1349; BMC 2294-2328; VA 581; SCBC 357. 1.30gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive toning with blue and golden iridescence in fields.
Ex Noonans Mayfair, 18.09.2013, Lot 1293. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 AD. CONTOVTOS type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Romanised male head to right with short hair; CONTOVTOS (NT ligate) before / She-wolf leaping to right; below, bucranium(?); behind, bush. LT 4316; DT 3721. 1.16gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL53, lot 16, ref. num.12523 (dealer's tickets included). Ex Don Lee collection. Found in Maidenhead, Berkshire; November 1999. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. AD 10-40. Uncertain Southern mint. Tiberius type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Figure standing facing and holding curved lituus and grapes, COM to left field, MI F to right / Laureate bust of Tiberius to right, VERI behind head, CA before. VA 533-1; ABC 1250; SCBC 136. 1.20gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
