LOT 2848
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. Good Very Fine.(1.52gr, 15mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Bury Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed female head to left; snake symbol before / Horse leaping to left; annulet and pellet boss in ring of pellets above, pellet-in-annulet below. ABC 1495; VA 80-1 (Imported); SCBC 432. 1.38gr, 15mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Temple type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Roman-style temple flanked by C-F (retrograde) / Bull butting to right, VER (retrograde) above, REX in exergue. VA 553-1; BMC 1538-41; ABC 1316; SCBC 152. 0.31gr, 8mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 82, lot 27, ref. no.9077 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd notes: 'Why are the letters C F upside-down, relative to the temple? Did the Celtic engraver have some other interpretation in mind for this motif? Or were there two engravers, one in charge of the inscription, who didn't realize what he was looking at?' -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 45-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Stylised boar standing right / Stylised horse standing right; sun ring above. VA 877-3; ABC 1803. 1.11gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
