LOT 2829
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. Very Fine.(3.71gr, 18mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Tincomarus AR Minim. Circa 25 BC-AD 10. Tincomarus Interlocking Squares CF type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
C • F in centre of two interlocking squares; all within beaded border / TI-NC (clockwise), boar running to right. ABC 1136; VA 383-1; BMC 981-82; SCBC 91. 0.29gr, 8mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Sharp details. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 128, lot 17, ref. no.16951 (dealer's tickets included). Found near Chichester, West Sussex, 9 April 1998. Ex James T. Joyner collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Eagle type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; [pellet-in-annulet] to left, EPATI upward before / Eagle standing facing on snake, head to left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. ABC 1346; VA 580-1; SCBC 356. 1.26gr, 13mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL69, lot 20, ref. no.17673 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AE Unit. Circa AD 10-45. Uninscribed.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Disintegrated head of Apollo, seven pellets on one side and six on the other / Ten pellets in field. VA 1346-1. 1.80gr, 16mm.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
