LOT 2799
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 5-43. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Stylised boar to right, with long bristles; pellet under tail, pellet-in-annulet at the end / Stylised horse to right; two pellets under tail, short dashes for mane, four-spoked wheel above with pellet triad either side, top of phallic motif below. ABC 1582; VA 659; BMC 3482; SCBC 431. Good Very Fine. Beautiful, detailed and sharp example.(1.08gr, 13mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 123, lot 33, ref. no.16192 (dealer's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.62gr, 29mm, 12h.
Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Stylised head to left / Stylised boar to left; two semicircles with bisecting line (all resembling a lis) below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 225. 4.89gr, 19mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Dark, glossy patina.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Victory type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
TΛS-CIO-V, Victory seated to right on backless chair, holding wreath in her outstretched left hand / EPAT, boar charging to right; behind, tree. ABC 1349; BMC 2294-2328; VA 581; SCBC 357. 1.30gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Attractive toning with blue and golden iridescence in fields.
Ex Noonans Mayfair, 18.09.2013, Lot 1293. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
