LOT 2789
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50 BC-AD 50. Uninscribed. Cotswold Crosses Type. Head type I/J.
Moon head to right, represented by nose and stalk lips, ring for eye and two other rings below, two crescents beneath lips; crescents and pellet rosettes before / Horse to right, V beneath tail; large cross below with small crosses and other motifs in angles; cruciform pattern of ring-in-annulet and crescents above; annulet before. ABC 2036; VA 1135-1 & 1137/1 (Catti); SCBC 377. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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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. -
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 14.96gr, 29mm.
Fine.
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. CIrca AD 8-41. Cunobelinus Belenus type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Facing head with walrus moustache and beard / Boar to left, branch above, CVN below. ABC 2912; VA 1963; BMC 1904-05, SCBC 326. 1.38gr, 13mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly ragged flan; dark patina. Rare; none on CoinArchives.
Ex Chris Rudd, 116, lot 48, ref. no.15413 (dealer's ticket included). Found near Chelmsford, Essex, 2010. Ex Joe Fay collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Sir John Evans said this head "cannot be paralleled in the whole British series" (The coins of the ancient Britons, 1864, p.322). It may be of Cunobelinus himself or it may be of the sun-god Belenus 'the shining one' or 'the strong one'. Although this type is classed as no scarcer than 'Rare', it hardly ever seems to turn up these days and, when it does, inevitably commands a premium price, such is its popularity with collectors. Most of the 36 examples recorder by the CCI aren't as sharp as this one.
