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 Northeast Gaul. Remi AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
REMO, three jugate heads left / REMO, Victory driving biga left. D&T 593; Depeyrot, NC VII, 24. 3.13gr, 15mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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 Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 3.71gr, 18mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
