LOT 3010
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Horse prancing to right; torque before, pellets and annulets around / Boar standing to right; pellets and annulets above, pellet-in-annulet and pellet-in-lozenge below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 259; D&T 449. Very Fine.(2.69gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx iNumis, Paris.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia AV Plated 'Ring Money'. Pre-monetary, 1st millennium BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Banded with alternating colours of gold plating, in penannular form, decorated at both ends. Cf. van Arsdell p. 61, 1-3. 1.30gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets and torque below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 530; CCCBM III 444-7; de la Tour 7905. 3.19gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Stylised boat with two standing figures, pellets to left / Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects around. ABC 767; VA 143; BMC 129-36, 410-13, S 6. 1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Bedhampton, Hampshire, UK, on 6 March 2011. Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 16, ref. no.15730. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
