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LOT 2579
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 1st century BC. 'tête humaine de face' type.
Helmeted head to left / Boar to left, tail curled; between legs, small human head. LT 9180; DT 151. Very Fine.(2.89gr, 17mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr. (bga_197544) (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. 5.87gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets and torque below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 530; CCCBM III 444-7; de la Tour 7905. 3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Lockdale's, A75/625, no.374. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Thurrock Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Degraded head of Apollo to left / Degraded bull butting to right on exergual line. ABC 132; SCBC 62. 3.11gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
