LOT 3030
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 50-40 BC.
Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) to right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. Very Fine.(3.36gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 17, 23 March 2012, lot 75.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa AD 20-43. Norfolk God Moustache type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Male head right, with short spiky hair and boarskin headdress./ Horse right, with cabled mane, cabled pelta above, kite shape below. ABC 1567; VA 792, 794; BMC 3605-759; S 434. 0.91gr, 13mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned silver, sharply struck, well centred.
Found Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK. Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 24, ref. no.13444. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This superb specimen clearly displays the downward-curving moustache and the characteristic crest of boar-like bristles which seem to indicate that the deity is wearing a boarskin headdress. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AV Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Three-men-in-a-boat motif; pellet rosette motif to left / Central thunderbolt, Y-shape either side, uncertain object (stylised bird?) to right. ABC 2205; VA 1225; BMC 414-18; S 368. 1.52gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck in golden gold, clear 'bird'. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.1922.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 57, 4 April 2001, lot 1648. Ex James T. Joyner collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 40, ref. no.16980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
It can surely be no accident that the two Y-shapes in this gorgeous Dutotrigan gold quarter stater closely resemble the Y-shapes seen on the late Hengistbury cast bronze coins. -
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Kelling Boar type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Stylised boar to right, eye on the shoulder, [pellet-in-ring(?) above], pellet below / Horse prancing to right, [beaded mane, pellet-triad mouth, ringed pellet above(?)]. Cf. ABC 1585. 0.84gr, 12mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Iridescent toning. Of the highest rarity.
Found Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, UK, on Friday 22nd November 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.SF-EE05EA.
