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LOT 2989
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. 1st century AD.
Boar right / Horse right, 'lyre' below and annulet above. S. 431; V. 655-9; BMC 3440-3512. Good Very Fine.(0.94gr, 14mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx TimeLine Auctions, 19 March 2010, lot 81.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Sattelkopfpferd Type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Celticized head to right / Heavily stylised rider on horseback to left. Preda, MGD pl. 46, 13 (rev. var.); cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 26, 300/7 var.; Lanz 625 (this coin). 7.44gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).
From the Hermann Lanz Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 31. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni AV Quarter Stater. Circa 75-65 BC. Westerham Reversed L type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Three-men-in-a-boat / Tree-like object on horizontal bar. ABC 2454; VA-; BMC-; S-. 1.66gr, 9mm.
Good Very Fine. As struck in golden gold on chunky little flan, super tree, L-shape visible. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 129, lot 45, ref. no.17225. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. 3rd century BC. Imitation of Patraos of Paeonia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑΤΡΑOY, Paeonian horseman galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy. Cf. CCCBM I S182; cf. KMW 1538. 9.35gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
