LOT 2801
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; Van Arsdell 657; SCBC 431. Very Fine.(0.82gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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 Central Gaul. Boii AR Minim. 1st century BC. Roseldorf II type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Plain bulge / Stylised horse to left; below; Ω-shaped symbol with central pellet; above, open neck-torc with central pellet. LT 10058; Kostial 93-101. 0.87gr, 10mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 9, ref. no.13883 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Temple type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Roman-style temple flanked by C-F (retrograde) / Bull butting to right, VER (retrograde) above, REX in exergue. VA 553-1; BMC 1538-41; ABC 1316; SCBC 152. 0.31gr, 8mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 82, lot 27, ref. no.9077 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd notes: 'Why are the letters C F upside-down, relative to the temple? Did the Celtic engraver have some other interpretation in mind for this motif? Or were there two engravers, one in charge of the inscription, who didn't realize what he was looking at?'
