LOT 2977
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Stater. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. Cranborne Chase type.
Devolved and disjointed laureate head of Apollo to right / Devolved and disjointed horse to left with numerous pellets above and a pellet below. ABC 2157; VA 1235-1. Good Very FIne.(5.58gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 19 October 2005.
Ex Chris Rudd, IOW, lot 28, ref. no.12753.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Stylised boat with two standing figures, pellets to left / Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects around. ABC 767; VA 143; BMC 129-36, 410-13, S 6. 1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Bedhampton, Hampshire, UK, on 6 March 2011. Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 16, ref. no.15730. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe Fourrée Drachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitation of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend to right, M in left field. Cf. Roma E-75, lot 17. 4.03gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Small break in plating on nose.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020, lot 98. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Group of Three [3] Celtic AE and AR Coins. Circa 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various types. 7.34gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK.
