LOT 2996
Celtic Britannia. Tasciovanos AR Unit. Early 1st century AD. Regal Rider type.
VER in plain field, beaded border / Horseman right. ABC 2625; VA 1747; BMC 1674-76; S 234. Good Very Fine. Full VER, bold horseman. Very rare.(1.16gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL74, lot 34, ref. no.18337.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) to right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. 5.74gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-43 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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. 0.99gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned, bold starfish.
Found Dorset, circa 1983? Ex Matthew Rich collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 43, ref. no.16328. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. 3rd century BC. Imitation of Patraos of Paeonia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑΤΡΑOY, Paeonian horseman galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy. Cf. CCCBM I S182; cf. KMW 1538. 9.35gr, 23mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
