LOT 2847
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 BC. Atectorix Bull type.
ATECTORI, male head to right with short hair / Bull standing to right with head lowered; above, beaded ring; in exergue, floral ornament. DT 3722; LT 4349; BMC 196-199. Very Fine.(1.42gr, 15mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 5, ref. no.5, no.12512 (dealer's tickets included).
Ex D Lee collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Atectorix may mean 'good king' or 'belonging to the king'.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain design / Horse standing to left, pellet-in-pelleted circle above. 0.48gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Southern Gaul. Volcae-Tectosages AR Drachm. Mid 2nd-early 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Celticized male head to left; before, two dolphins / Large cross with three ornaments and one axe in quarters; each quarter bound by crescent. Flesche 138; LT 3132; SLM 76. 2.62gr, 14mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Andecombos AR Quinarius. Circa 45 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[AND]E[CO]M, diademed head to left / ANDECOM, horse prancing to left; below, boar to left. D&T 2657; LT 6342; BMC 579-82. 2.06gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
