LOT 2563
Celtic Britannia. Thurrock Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC.
Chicken-Head type. Head to left / Degraded bull to right. ABC126; SCBC 62. Good Fine.(3.38gr, 18mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Celts of Eastern Europe AE 13mm. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Imitation of Maroneia, Thrace issue. Horse standing to right; monogram below / Four bunches of grapes within linear square, blundered inscription around. For prototype cf. Schönert-Geiss 723; BMC 65-70. 4.14gr, 13mm, 9h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Rounded Bull Cast Potin. 90-75 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rounded Bull (Cantian D) type. Outline head to left with central circle (no pellet) / Outline bull charging to right; two crescents above. ABC 165; Van Arsdell 123-1. 2.40gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci, Thames Nipples Cast Potin. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Class II. Outline head to right around large central nipple / Crude outline bull to left around large central nipple. ABC 174; BMC 715-723; SCBC 64. 1.28gr, 15mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
