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LOT 2580
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.(3.86gr, 18mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 80-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Helmeted head to left, with big eye / Horse to left, pellets around. LT 7396; BMC 385-87. 3.50gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark shiny patina, great head with bold eye.
Ex S Kelly collection. Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 44, no.7/10439 with coin ticket). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,365
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, shrimp and large blobs above, crab below, exergual line with zigzag and pellets. ABC 746; VA 1205; BMC 36-76; S 22. 6.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous rich yellow gold, clear crab and shrimp.
Found Dummer, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, UK. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 50-100. Early Uninscribed. Boar/Horse type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Stylised boar to right, rings above long bristles on boar's back, pellets below and before / Horse prancing to right, ladder mane, pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above, star below. ABC 1579; BMC 3455-3472; Van Arsdell 657-3; SCBC 431. 1.06gr, 14mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Mike Vosper, London Coin Fair, 7 May 2011. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
