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Tasciovanos X-Box Type

LOT 2995

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195


Celtic Britannia. Tasciovanos AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. X-Box type.

Crossed wreaths, one curved, box at centre containing X, VERL in angles / Boar right, TAS above, tiny star below. ABC 2628; VA 1796; BMC 1661-62; S 236. 1.13gr, 14mm.

Very Fine. Large flan, dark toned, clear X, lovely boar. Very rare.

PROVENANCE:
Found near St Albans.
Ex L. Tongue collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL61, lot 37, ref. no.16260.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

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