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LOT 2833
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.(4.11gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Temple type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Roman-style temple flanked by C-F (retrograde) / Bull butting to right, VER (retrograde) above, REX in exergue. VA 553-1; BMC 1538-41; ABC 1316; SCBC 152. 0.31gr, 8mm, 4h.
Very Fine. Toned. Very rare.
Ex Chris Rudd, 82, lot 27, ref. no.9077 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd notes: 'Why are the letters C F upside-down, relative to the temple? Did the Celtic engraver have some other interpretation in mind for this motif? Or were there two engravers, one in charge of the inscription, who didn't realize what he was looking at?' -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Early 1st century BC. Uninscribed. Angular Bull type (Cantian D).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Stylised head to right / Stylised bull to right; two crescents above, pellet and exergual line below. ABC 171; Van Arsdell 129-1; SCBC 63. 1.45gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50-20 BC. Cotswold Cock type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Moon head right with sunburst on chin, crescents for hair, various symbols in field / Triple tailed annulate horse left, animal head and radiant sun above, cockerel head below, wheel before, dispersed symbols around. ABC 2012; VA 1020-1; SCBC 377. 1.12gr, 14mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
