LOT 2823
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Diademed head to left / Boar standing to left; two semicircles below. D&T 153; Depeyrot, NC VII, 225. Very Fine.(3.83gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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 Central Gaul. Aedui AR Quinarius. Circa 1st century BC. Roma X type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Helmeted head of Roma to left; X behind / Celticized horse prancing to left; [above, four-spoked wheel]; below, pellet in annulet. DT 3189; LT 5138. 1.67gr, 13mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL59, lot 2, ref. no.12480 (dealer's ticket included). Ex D Lee collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrabates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. AD 10-20. Verica Sphinx Right type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
CⵙMMⵙIFⵙ, bare male head to right; all within beaded border / VE-R-I (anticlockwise), Sphinx seated to right, with wings spread; all within beaded border. ABC 1340, VA -; BMC 1587-89; SCBC 163. 0.23gr, 8mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. A miniature masterpiece. Exceedingly rare. Only twelve other recorded (when sold); no other examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 26, ref. no.15994 (dealer's ticket included). Found near Ford, Arundel. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Dr John Creighton says: 'One of the most potent symbols was that on the signet ring of Augustus himself: the sphinx. Octavian had used this image in Rome during the Triumvirate, and its significance grew as he continued to use it as his defining image on his signet ring. It was his distinctive seal. Tasciovanus was the first to use the image in Britain, followed by Sego, Cunobelin and Verica' (Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain, 2000, p.107).
