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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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Boar to right, large wheel above / Horse to right, large wheel above. ABC 1827; VA 862; SCBC 399. 0.47gr, 11mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Addedomaros AV Stater. Circa 45-25 BC. Addedomaros Spiral type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Six-armed spiral of wreaths, three crescents in centre / Horse to right; pellets-in-annulets around, 'cornucopia' below; three horse muzzles and inscription above. ABC 2517; VA 1620-1; Hobbs 2402-4; SCBC 201. 5.51gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful rosy gold.
Ex Chris Rudd, e-Auction 141, 19 July 2015, lot 32. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 460, 29 January 2020, lot 1007. From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 5-43. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Stylised boar to right, with long bristles; pellet under tail, pellet-in-annulet at the end / Stylised horse to right; two pellets under tail, short dashes for mane, four-spoked wheel above with pellet triad either side, top of phallic motif below. ABC 1582; VA 659; BMC 3482; SCBC 431. 1.08gr, 13mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful, detailed and sharp example.
Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 33, ref. no.16192 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
