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 Britannia. Durotriges AR Stater. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. Cranborne Chase type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Devolved and disjointed laureate head of Apollo to right / Devolved and disjointed horse to left with numerous pellets above and a pellet below. ABC 2157; VA 1235-1. 5.11gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Boar to left; wheel above, pellet-in-annulet below / Horse to left, pelleted ring above. 0.46gr, 10mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni, Anted Fourrée Unit. Circa 10 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head to right, with stalk lips, 'worms' and pellets in front, ringed-pellets and X on cheek / Triple-tailed horse to left, pellet and TED above, AN below. For prototype: ABC 2072; VA 1082; SCBC 380. 1.19gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
