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. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat Bird type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Three-men-in-a-boat motif./ Central thunderbolt, Y-shapes, stylised bird to right. ABC 2208; VA 1242; BMC 2734-47; S 368. 1.06gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Neat flan of good silver clear 'bird'.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL72, lot 35, ref. no.17304. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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 Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Figure running to right, holding torque and spear / Beast to right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483-506; de la Tour 8124. 4.99gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Glossy, dark-grey patina.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL44, lot 11, ref. no.13168. Ex N. McCarten collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
