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 Northwest Gaul. Aulerci Eburovices Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to right / Boar to right; three pellets below. Depeyrot, NC V, 147; D&T 2645; F&P SEN-7445 (Senones); CCCBM III 433. 3.43gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 8, ref. no.10648 (dealer's ticket included). 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): £20
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 2.96gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Light grey patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL45, lot 9, ref. no.13557 (dealer's tickets included). Ex A Clarke collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Norfolk Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 0.75gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
