LOT 2790
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50 BC-AD 50. Uninscribed. Cotswold Eagle type. Head type C.
Profile moon head to right, pelletted crescents for hair, large boss on chin, stalk lips; crescents and pellets before / Celtic triple-tailed annulate horse to left, 'flower' symbol below, stylised bird's head above, pellet before. ABC 2018; Van Arsdell 1045-1 (Corio); SCBC 377. Near Very Fine.(0.93gr, 13mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed male head to left / Boar standing to left; two semicircles below. D&T 153; Depeyrot, NC VII, 139. 4.09gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Dark, glossy patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL44, lot 6, ref.12502 (dealer's tickets included). Ex D Lee collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. Circa AD 10-41. Camuloduno type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CAMVL-ODVNO in two panels / Sphinx crouching to left, raising her right foreleg; CVNO in panel below. Hobbs 1928-30; VA 1977; SCBC 332. 2.08gr, 15mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 53, ref. no.14432 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Group of Six [6] AR Units and Half Units. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: AESU silver unit, pierced, ABC 1702; ANTD silver unit, ABC 1645; ANTD silver unit, ABC 1645; Face Horse silver unit, possibly ABC 1522; Ecen Stick Horse half unit, ABC 1693, variety COI 90f; Half unit, possibly Ecen/ECE. 5.12gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
