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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Celtic Southwest Gaul. Tolosates AR Drachm. Circa 2nd cfentury BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Female head to left, wearing necklace; crescent below / Long cross with annulet-in-cresents and pellet-in-crescents in quarters. LT 2986; S 75; BN 2976-3240. 2.27gr, 14mm.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_305800). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Stylised head to left / Stylised boar to left; two semicircles with bisecting line (all resembling a lis) below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 227. 5.92gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 8, 20 March 2009, lot 133 (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-AD 43.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
'Three men on a boat' design / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; various motifs around. Cf. VA 1260; cf. BMC 2748-70; cf. ABC 2214. 0.84gr, 13mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Ex Silbury Coins. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
