LOT 2951
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylised head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; [pearl strings flowing around] / Stylised charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 186; DT 2341. Good Very Fine.(6.13gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Michael Trenerry.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celts in Eastern Europe Fourrée Drachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitation of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend to right, M in left field. Cf. Roma E-75, lot 17. 4.03gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Small break in plating on nose.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020, lot 98. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Aulerci Eburovices AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Boar and horse facing each other, annulets and pellet-in-annulets around / Boar standing to right; under snout, bucranium; beneath belly, two small superimposed rings. LT.8529; DT.2458A var.; ABT. p. 372. 2.39gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Rare type.
Ex cgb.fr, Paris (bga_250724) Ex Dr Charles Haas collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat Bird type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Three-men-in-a-boat motif./ Central thunderbolt, Y-shapes, stylised bird to right. ABC 2208; VA 1242; BMC 2734-47; S 368. 1.06gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Neat flan of good silver clear 'bird'.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL72, lot 35, ref. no.17304. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
