LOT 3012
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 60-30/25 BC.
Celticised figure running to right or dancing, helmetted head to left, pellet-in-annulets flanking / Horse galloping to right. Cf. DT 291; cf. LT 7258. Very Fine.(3.15gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Daves collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Running Warrior Thurrock Potin. Circa 60-40 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Helmetted head left / Stick-man running left, arms raised, facing us. LT-; S 561; DT 230. 3.98gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Boldly moulded, even grey tone, complete warrior. Extremely rare.
Ex A. Clarke collection. Ex Chris Rudd, LL49, lot 10 ref. no.13683. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Sattelkopfpferd Type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Celticized head to right / Heavily stylised rider on horseback to left. Preda, MGD pl. 46, 13 (rev. var.); cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 26, 300/7 var.; Lanz 625 (this coin). 7.44gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).
From the Hermann Lanz Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 31. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head left / Boar standing left; two semicircles below. D& 225; Depeyrot, NC VII, 225. 3.99gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lovely head, magnificent boar, strong dark patina. Exceptional specimen.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL70, lot 2, ref. no.17660. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
