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 Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. 1.45gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Southern Gaul. Volcae-Tectosages AR Drachm. Mid 2nd-early 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Celticized male head to left; before, two dolphins / Large cross with three ornaments and one axe in quarters; each quarter bound by crescent. Flesche 138; LT 3132; SLM 76. 2.62gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus AR Minim. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Tincomarus Interlocking Squares CF type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
C • F in centre of two interlocking squares; all within beaded border / TI-NC (clockwise), boar running to right. ABC 1136; VA 383-1; BMC 981-82; SCBC 91. 0.29gr, 8mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Sharp details. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 128, lot 17, ref. no.16951 (dealer's tickets included). Found near Chichester, West Sussex, 9 April 1998. Ex James T. Joyner collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
