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LOT 2974
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni, Eisv AR Unit. Circa AD 15-30.
Celticised head to right / Triple-tailed annulate horse to left; pellet and EI above, pellet and SV below; one pellet above and three pellets beneath tail. VA 1110; ABC 2081; SCBC 382. Good Very Fine.(0.95gr, 13mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection, UK.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-43 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Five-armed starfish, lines of pellets between each arm / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; eight-rayed lighting flash with rectangular body to each side. VA 1270-78; BMC 2780-81; ABC 2220. 0.99gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned, bold starfish.
Found Dorset, circa 1983? Ex Matthew Rich collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 43, ref. no.16328. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater 58 BC-43 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Five-armed starfish, lines of pellets between each arm / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; eight-rayed lighting flash with rectangular body to each side. VA 1270-78; BMC 2780-81; ABC 2220. 0.90gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Paul Munro-Walker collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 62. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Stylised head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; [pearl strings flowing around] / Stylised charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 186; DT 2341. 6.30gr, 21mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
