LOT 3036
Celtic Central Gaul. Aedui, Diasulos AR Quinarius. Circa 100-50 BC.
Celticized male bust to left, wearing neck torque / [DIA]-SV-LOS (S's retrograde), celticized horse running to right. Depeyrot, NC 215; Scheers, SM 404; D&T 3220; de la Tour 4871; CCCBM II 459. Near Very Fine.(1.96gr, 15mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Tincommius AR Unit. Circa 25-20 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Romanised laureate head right, tincom before / Facing eagle, head right holding snake, tin above, co between legs below. Mack 105; V.397; BMC 880-905; S.83. 1.25gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 10-43(?). Ece Y-Three type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Double moon emblem. / Horse right, pelletal sun above, ECE below. VA 764; BMC 4431-444; S 445. 1.18gr, 13mm.
Near Extremely Fine. Magnificent sharp moons, two neck torcs in cusp.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL40, lot 37, ref. no.13515. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Pixtilos AE Unit. Circa 40-30 BC. Class VII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
PIXTILOS, diademed male head (Apollo?) to right, with a horned snake-like dragon curling down from the top of his head / Nude man, holding a palm branch in his right hand and the reins with his left, riding a horse prancing to right; below, double spiral ornament. Depeyrot, NC V, 89; D&T 2471; Scheers, Pixtilos, class VII. 3.05gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Paris. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
