LOT 3076
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AV Stater. Circa 60-50 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Series E.
Plain; traces of central band / Disjointed horse to right with pellet, 'S' symbols and 'rope' groundline pattern below; with pellet-in-oval behind with crescents and pellets above. Cf. Van Arsdell 50-56, 87; cf. De la Tour 235-42, 8707 {Morini}; SCBC 11; ABC 16 var. (no 'S's). Near Very Fine.(5.73gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right, with grain ear mane; [pelletal sun above], reversed S before; below, pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ATD. Van Arsdell 715-1; ABC 1645; BMC 3960-4009. 0.79gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Huntingdonshire, UK. PAS record no.BH-265C64. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AE 'Tetradrachm'. 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 'Banat' type (?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Celticized head of laureate Zeus to right / Horseman to right; •Λ below. Göbl OTA -; Lanz -; cf. Nomos AG, Obolos 5, 38. 3.30gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AV Stater. Circa 60-50 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Plain; traces of central band / Disjointed horse to right with pellet, 'S' symbols and 'rope' groundline pattern below; with pellet-in-oval behind with crescents and pellets above. Cf. Van Arsdell 50-56, 87; cf. De la Tour 235-42, 8707 {Morini}; SCBC 11; ABC 16 var. (no 'S's). 5.73gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
