LOT 2985
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Quarter Stater. Circa 10 BC-AD 5. Irstead Smiler type.
Branches projecting from latticed square / Long-legged horse right, beaded mane, crescent 'smile' above, ringed-pellet below. ABC 1480; VA-; BMC 3437-38; S 430. Good Very Fine. Chunky flan of warm cuprous gold, fabulous well centred horse.(1.12gr, 9mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFound Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex Bernard Winstanley collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 134, lot 25, ref. no.17753.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This is the gold quarter that accompanies the above Crescent Type Freckenham Flower gold stater. Note that both stater and quarter have the same 'open-headed' horse. On this richly toned example you can see four pellet-eyes of two hidden faces.
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Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater 58 BC-43 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Five-armed starfish, lines of pellets between each arm / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; eight-rayed lighting flash with rectangular body to each side. VA 1270-78; BMC 2780-81; ABC 2220. 0.90gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Paul Munro-Walker collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 62. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Central Europe. Boii AR Obol. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Roseldorf Type II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Irregular raised surface / Horse to left; above, slightly curved line with thickened ends, pellet within volute-like loop below. Dembski, MÖNG 1991, 2; Lanz 94. 0.89gr, 9mm.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrabates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. AD 10-20.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Thyrsus between two cornucopiae, two-handled wine cup below, COM-[MI F] around / Long-robed figure seated right, with left hand raised, VERI-CA around. ABC 1241; VA 531; BMC 1393-419; S 134. 1.27gr, 11mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Spink. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
