LOT 2987
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 20-43. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Male head right, with short spiky hair and boarskin headdress./ Horse right, with cabled mane, cabled pelta above, kite shape below. ABC 1567; VA 792, 794; BMC 3605-759; S 434. Near Extremely Fine. Toned silver, sharply struck, well centred.(0.91gr, 13mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFound Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK.
Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 24, ref. no.13444.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This superb specimen clearly displays the downward-curving moustache and the characteristic crest of boar-like bristles which seem to indicate that the deity is wearing a boarskin headdress.
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Celtic Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. 2.44gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired Ginnel Centre, Harrogate, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 531A. 3.89gr, 18mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_239458). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AR Fraction. Circa 75-50 BC. Picardy Horse Face type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Stylised helmet head right, horse's head forming eye and nose / Horse right, with long beaded mane, six armed 'star' in front with ring at centre, two rings above, small horse's head below. LT 8500/8515 var.; BMC 156; Sch/ GB 51, fig. 330; DT 189; Allen 'Les pièces d'argent minces du comté de Hampshire', Revue Numismatique, VI série, VII (1965), p.79-93, pl.V, no.29. 0.48gr, 13mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned, great horse, full 'star'. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 5, ref. no.15074. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
As Derek Allen (1965) says, this extraordinary type was ultimately derived from the Pallas Athene silver coins of the Aulerci Cenomani (cf. LT 5967, 5973, 5980, 5985) and heavily influenced the Hampshire Thin Silver series of the British Belgae (ABC 911) and the Chichester Chariot Wheel thin silver of the Regini (ABC 701). This lovely example of the Picardy Horse Face explicitly shows a horse's head emerging from the forehead of the stylised head. The spear is also clearly displayed as part of the helmet. The spidery 'star' symbol in front of the horse can be seen again before the horse on the Yarmouth gold stater of the Regini (ABC 518).
