Details
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.).
Provenance
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
Footnotes
From 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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Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 0.75gr, 13mm, 5h.
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Celticized laureate head of Apollo to left / Goat kneeling to left with tail ending in volute. DT 3095; LT 5393. 4.85gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. 7.40gr, 13mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the continental art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
