LOT 2849
Celtic Central Gaul. Sequani AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. à la grosse tête type.
Celticized laureate head of Apollo to left / Goat kneeling to left with tail ending in volute. DT 3095; LT 5393. Very Fine.(4.85gr, 19mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Norfolk Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 1.35gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Southern-style Qc gold types. Essex Wheels type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Abstracted laureate head of Apollo to right / Triple-tailed horse to right, spoked-wheel below, onion-like-motif above, triskelion to upper right field; pellet-in-ring around. ABC 2231 (triskelion not mentioned); VA -; SCBC -; for an another example see Chris Rudd, Auction 190, lot 24. 1.33gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare fractional Stater.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
From Chris Rudd Auction: 'It's unusual to see a Druidic triskelion (three-legged symbol) in front of the horse. Unlisted by all major catalogues. None in the British Museum.'
