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LOT 2548
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Stylised boar to right, pellet below / Stylised horse to right, [pellet triads either side of] four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. Cf. ABC 1582; cf. Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. Near Very Fine.(0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 4.54gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_202489) (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. Circa 2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [...]ΞΑΝΔ[...], Celticised Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing to right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram(?). Cf. OTA 575. 2.95gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Stater. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. Cranborne Chase type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Devolved and disjointed laureate head of Apollo to right / Devolved and disjointed horse to left with numerous pellets above and a pellet below. ABC 2157; Van Arsdell 1235-1. 4.36gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Spink (with coin tickets). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
