LOT 3024
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. Good Very Fine.(3.60gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 9, 23 October 2009, lot 103 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Regini AR Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. Sussex Lyre type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Diademed head right, large curls for hair / Globular horse right, zigzag tail, wheel above, lyre leaning to left below. ABC 647; VA-; BMC 635; S-; CCI 95.0518. 1.36gr, 13mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned silver, well centred horse, clear lyre. Rare.
Found Poynings, Sussex, January/February 1995. Ex C. Hamlyn collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 129, lot 17, ref. no.17126. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
As you can tell from the heavy weight and fine style (possibly engraved by a Gaulish die cutter), this must be one of the first silver units struck in Britain. A well documented, pedigree piece, with a beautifully bold globular horse. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Meldi AE Unit. 60-40 BC. ROVECA ARCANTODAN issue. Class Ib.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Stylised helmeted head to left / [ROVECA], stylised griffin leaping to right; two groups of three pellets-in-annulets above. DT 575; LT 7691. 3.04gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina.
Ex iNumis, Paris (ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) to right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. 5.74gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
