LOT 3029
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Figure running to right, holding torque and spear / Beast to right; uncertain ornaments above and below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 29; D&T 155; CCCBM III 483-506; de la Tour 8124. Very Fine. Glossy, dark-grey patina.(4.99gr, 21mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL44, lot 11, ref. no.13168.
Ex N. McCarten collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AR Unit. AD 10-43.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
CVNO, draped and winged bust to right / TASCIO, sphinx seated to left. Hobbs 1874; VA 2057-1; SCBC 313. 1.33gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΠΛΠ, nude youth, holding palm, on horseback to right; below, Λ above torch; to lower right, monogram(?). Cf. Göbl, OTA pl.4, 18.2-3. 13.60gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
