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LOT 2586
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 80-50 BC.
Helmeted head to left, with big eye / Horse to left, pellets around. LT 7396; BMC 385-87. Good Very Fine. Dark shiny patina, great head with bold eye.(3.50gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Celtic Gaul. Volcae-Arecomici (?) AR Fraction. Circa 75-25 BC. Imitating Massalia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Bare head of Apollo to left; behind neck, T(?) / M-A, wheel of four spokes. F&P OBV-8; Depeyrot, Marseille 64 (Massalia). 0.52gr, 9mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Stater. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. Cranborne Chase type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Devolved and disjointed laureate head of Apollo to right / Devolved and disjointed horse to left with numerous pellets above and a pellet below. ABC 2157; Van Arsdell 1235-1. 4.36gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Spink (with coin tickets). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Stylised boar to right, pellet below / Stylised horse to right, [pellet triads either side of] four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. Cf. ABC 1582; cf. Van Arsdell 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
