LOT 2851
Celtic Central Gaul. Sequani Potin Unit. Before 52 BC. Area of Besançon.
Celticized head with double headband to left / Horned animal with S-shaped tail advancing to left. LT 5368 var.; DT 3088A. Very Fine.(4.65gr, 19mm, 10h.).
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. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Thurrock Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head to left / Degraded bull butting to right. Cf. ABC 132. 3.21gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
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): £20
Stylised head to left / Stylised boar to left; two semicircles with bisecting line (all resembling a lis) below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 225. 4.89gr, 19mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine. Dark, glossy patina.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Wheel type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Boar to right, pellet ring above, pellet-in-annulets around / Horse to left, wheel above, pellet-in-annulet behind, star before. Cf. VA 862.1; SCBC 399. 0.49gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
