LOT 2738
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Southern-style Qc gold types. Essex Wheels type.
Abstracted laureate head of Apollo to right / Triple-tailed horse to right, spoked-wheel below, onion-like-motif above, triskelion to upper right field; pellet-in-ring around. ABC 2231 (triskelion not mentioned); VA -; SCBC -; for an another example see Chris Rudd, Auction 190, lot 24. Good Very Fine. Excessively rare fractional Stater.(1.33gr, 15mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
FootnotesFrom Chris Rudd Auction: 'It's unusual to see a Druidic triskelion (three-legged symbol) in front of the horse. Unlisted by all major catalogues. None in the British Museum.'
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LOT 2738
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus AR Unit. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Tincomarus Comet type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Pellet radiating six arms; traces of inscription / Boy riding dolphin to right, [TINC] below. ABC 1127; VA 371; SCBC 88. 1.04gr, 12mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. 150-101 BC. Thurrock MA type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Head of Apollo to left / Bull butting to right; MA above. ABC 120; VA 1402-1. 3.10gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL51, lot 16, ref. no.15264 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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.
