LOT 2605
Celtic Central Gaul. Sequani Cast Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. Grosse tête type.
Laureate head to left / Horned horse to left, with S-shaped tail. Gäumann 72; LT 5390. Very Fine.(2.67gr, 17mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Thierry Dumez, Mulhouse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 55-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Nude man, kneeling to right; boar above right arm, annulet before / Horse with human head to right; above and below, triad of pellets on globe, annulet before. LT 7276 var.; DT 306 (Gallic Wars); Scheers 163, series II, 605. 3.33gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex iNumis, Paris, France. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britain. Cantii, Eppillus AE Unit. Circa AD 1-15. Bull and Eagle type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Bull butting to right, [E]PPIL above, [COF] below / Eagle standing to left, head to right, [ring-pellets around]. ABC 411; Van Arsdell 451-1; SCBC 113. 1.88gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Stylised boar to right, pellet below / Stylised horse to right, [pellet triads either side of] four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. Cf. ABC 1582; cf. Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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