LOT 3023
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
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. Very Fine.(5.92gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Quarter Stater. Circa 10 BC-AD 5. Irstead Smiler type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
Branches projecting from latticed square / Long-legged horse right, beaded mane, crescent 'smile' above, ringed-pellet below. ABC 1480; VA-; BMC 3437-38; S 430. 1.12gr, 9mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Chunky flan of warm cuprous gold, fabulous well centred horse.
Found Stonea Grange, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex Bernard Winstanley collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 134, lot 25, ref. no.17753. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This is the gold quarter that accompanies the above Crescent Type Freckenham Flower gold stater. Note that both stater and quarter have the same 'open-headed' horse. On this richly toned example you can see four pellet-eyes of two hidden faces. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones AE Unit. Circa 52-27 BC. Yllucci type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head right, with large locks of leaf-like hair, complex solar flower before, beaded border / Spread-winged bird of prey left, with curved beak, long angled legs, fish-like tail-feathers and wings composed of two pairs of crescents, each with a pellet in the lower cusp, forming an owlish face; YLLYIII and pentagram above. LT 7508 var.; BMC 152; S 139; RIG 320. 3.21gr, 16mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine. Bronze patina, magnificent head, whole bird beautifully displayed, complete inscription. Rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 131, lot 1, ref. no.17434. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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. 6.13gr, 20mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
