LOT 3026
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Meldi AE Unit. 60-40 BC. ROVECA ARCANTODAN issue. Class Ib.
Stylised helmeted head to left / [ROVECA], stylised griffin leaping to right; two groups of three pellets-in-annulets above. DT 575; LT 7691. Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina.(3.04gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx iNumis, Paris (ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Southwest Gaul. Petrocorii AR Drachm. 2nd century BC. Périgueux Flamboyant type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Head left, with elliptical eye, large open crescents for hair / Cruciform motif, axes and pelleted-rings in angles. Saves 220-222; BN 3525-28; BMC 81. 1.74gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Great head, both axes visible. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 125, lot 6, ref. no.16649. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
CGF attribute this type to the Petrocorii 'the four armies' and they're probably right to do so. Strabo - his name means 'squint-eyed' - indicates that the Petrocorii were very good metal-workers (Geog. IV, 2, 2). Caesar says Vercingetorix asked them to supply 5,000 troops for his rebellion (BG VIII, 75). Depeyrot records only 18 examples of this very rare type, most of them in museums. -
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Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Stylised head to right / Stylised horse prancing to left; pellet before, above and below. LT 7417; DT 2642; Scheers, Lyon, 746-753. 4.62gr, 20mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-43 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Five-armed starfish, lines of pellets between each arm / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; eight-rayed lighting flash with rectangular body to each side. VA 1270-78; BMC 2780-81; ABC 2220. 0.99gr, 13mm.
Good Very Fine. Lightly toned, bold starfish.
Found Dorset, circa 1983? Ex Matthew Rich collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 43, ref. no.16328. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
