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LOT 2576
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci AR Quinarius. Circa 60-40 BC. Capital Tulum (Toul) mint. Solima.
Male head to left; SOLIMA before / Bridled horse galloping to left; [COΛ]IM[A] above, fish to right below. DT 3269; de la Tour 9025. Very Fine to Good Very Fine. Full name, bold horse.(1.52gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx J W Barratt collection.
Ex Matt Smith collection.
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 1, no.13/7935, 39, no.5/11031, and 60, no.12/15548 with coin tickets).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 3.86gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. Circa 2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [...]ΞΑΝΔ[...], Celticised Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing to right with closed wings in his right; to left, monogram(?). Cf. OTA 575. 2.95gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 40-20 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Celticised figure running to left, head to right; pellets around / Horse galloping to right; star and pellets above, star and pellets below. Cf. D&T 296.2; cf. LT 7322. 2.13gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Paris, France (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
