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 Britannia. Cantii Cast Potin Unit. Early 1st century BC. Uninscribed. Angular Bull type (Cantian D).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Stylised head to left / Stylised bull. VA 129-330; ABC 171; SCBC 63. 1.43gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 3.60gr, 17mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 9, 23 October 2009, lot 103 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head left / Boar standing left; two semicircles below. D& 225; Depeyrot, NC VII, 225. 3.99gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lovely head, magnificent boar, strong dark patina. Exceptional specimen.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL70, lot 2, ref. no.17660. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
