LOT 2846
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 AD. CONTOVTOS type.
Romanised male head to right with short hair; CONTOVTOS (NT ligate) before / She-wolf leaping to right; below, bucranium(?); behind, bush. LT 4316; DT 3721. Near Very Fine.(1.16gr, 13mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL53, lot 16, ref. num.12523 (dealer's tickets included).
Ex Don Lee collection.
Found in Maidenhead, Berkshire; November 1999.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northwest Gaul. Aulerci Eburovices Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to right / Boar to right; three pellets below. Depeyrot, NC V, 147; D&T 2645; F&P SEN-7445 (Senones); CCCBM III 433. 3.43gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 8, ref. no.10648 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; Van Arsdell 657; SCBC 431. 0.82gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Norfolk Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 0.75gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
