LOT 2828
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. Near Very Fine.(3.17gr, 18mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC. Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. 15.18gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni Fourrée Unit. Circa 60-20 BC. Hayling Moon Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Head to right, hair composed of crescents / Horse to right, ring-pellets around. ABC -; cf. Bean QsT16; VA -; SCBC -. 0.67gr, 12mm, 3h.
Fine. Traces of silver.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL49, lot 54, ref. no.15157 (dealer's tickets included). Ex A Moyle collection. Found Chichester, West Sussex, 2000. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Southern-style Qc gold types. Essex Wheels type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Abstracted laureate head of Apollo to right / Triple-tailed horse to right, spoked-wheel below, onion-like-motif above, triskelion to upper right field; pellet-in-ring around. ABC 2231 (triskelion not mentioned); VA -; SCBC -; for an another example see Chris Rudd, Auction 190, lot 24. 1.33gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare fractional Stater.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
From Chris Rudd Auction: 'It's unusual to see a Druidic triskelion (three-legged symbol) in front of the horse. Unlisted by all major catalogues. None in the British Museum.'
