LOT 2794
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. Circa 20 BC-AD 20. Badbury Rat type.
'Three-men-in-a-boat' design / Central zigzag thunderbolt between beaded lines, 'clamshell' motif to right, 'rat' below. ABC 2214; VA 1260-1; BMC 2748-70; SCBC 368. Very Fine.(0.69gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 37, ref. no.15161 (dealer's ticket included).
Ex A Moyle collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. Circa 90-60 BC. Three Dots type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Linear head to left, three dots in centre / Stylised bull to left. ABC 162; VA 122; BMC-; SCBC 63. 1.19gr, 16mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Broken. Excessively rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL33, lot 19, ref. no.12923 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
One of the rarest of Kentish potins. This specimen is desirable because it displays a neat casting tang and because striations are clearly visible on the obverse, caused by a piece of wood used to smooth off the unbaked clay casting mould before the lines of the head were scribed. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, young jockey, holding palm branch and reins, riding horse to right; beneath horse, Λ above torch; beneath foreleg, kerykeion. Dembski -; Lanz -; OTA -; CCCBM I -; Pink 11. 13.62gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Aedui AR Quinarius. Circa 1st century BC. Roma X type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmeted head of Roma to left; X behind / Celticized horse prancing to left; [above, four-spoked wheel]; below, pellet in annulet. DT 3189; LT 5138. 1.67gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL59, lot 2, ref. no.12480 (dealer's ticket included). Ex D Lee collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
