LOT 2800
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; VA 657; SCBC 431. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
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Celtic Southern Gaul. Allobroges AR Quinarius. Circa 61-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
BR[I], head of Roma to right, wearing winged helmet / [COMA], warrior on horseback to right, holding spear. DT 3134; LT 5820. 2.19gr, 14mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Nice old cabinet tone.
Ex iNumis.com (company's tickets included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Late 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating Thasos.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Head of youthful Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath, and with his hair partially knotted at the back and partially falling down the back of his neck / Herakles, nude but for laurel wreath and lion's skin over his left shoulder, standing to left, holding club with his right hand, monogram to inner left; blundered legend around. OTA, Class II. 17.24gr, 32mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Cavalry Duo type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
COMMIF, warrior on horse to right holding oval shield / [VERI]-CΛ, warrior on horse to right holding spear. ABC 1238; VA 530-1; SCBC 133. 0.94gr, 12mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Ex Noonans Mayfair, 18 September 2013, lot 1264. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
