Details
LOT 2976
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AV Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat type.
Three-men-in-a-boat motif; pellet rosette motif to left / Central thunderbolt, Y-shape either side, uncertain object (stylised bird?) to right. ABC 2205; VA 1225; BMC 414-18; S 368. Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck in golden gold, clear 'bird'. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.1922.(1.52gr, 12mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 57, 4 April 2001, lot 1648.
Ex James T. Joyner collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 40, ref. no.16980.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Footnotes
It can surely be no accident that the two Y-shapes in this gorgeous Dutotrigan gold quarter stater closely resemble the Y-shapes seen on the late Hengistbury cast bronze coins.
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