LOT 2815
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 55-30 BC.
Nude man, kneeling to right, with right arm extended to left, small boar above extended arm, string of pellets below / Horse with human head to right; above and below, pellet. LT 7300 (Lower Seine); DT 306 (Gallic Wars); Scheers 163, series II, 605. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Andecombos AR Quinarius. Circa 45 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[ANDECOM], diademed head to left / [A]NDEC[OM], horse prancing to left; below, boar to left. D&T 2657; LT 6342; BMC 579-82. 1.76gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 6, ref. no.14132 (dealer's ticket included). Ex L Baker collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. 7.37gr, 13mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the continental art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 14.91gr, 29mm.
Good Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
