LOT 2840
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Cast Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Two confronted ibexes standing on their hind legs; above, pellet-in-annulet / Wolf and boar standing confronted with central pellet between. DT 211; LT 7458; SLM 268-269. Near Very Fine.(4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain design / Horse standing to left, pellet-in-pelleted circle above. 0.48gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 AD. CONTOVTOS type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Romanised male head to right with short hair; CONTOVTOS (NT ligate) before / She-wolf leaping to right; below, bucranium(?); behind, bush. LT 4316; DT 3721. 1.16gr, 13mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL53, lot 16, ref. num.12523 (dealer's tickets included). Ex Don Lee collection. Found in Maidenhead, Berkshire; November 1999. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AE Unit. Circa AD 10-41. Bull Sacrifice type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Pegasus to right, CV-NO behind and below / Winged Victory sacrificing bull to right, TASCI below. VA 2099; SCBC 343. 2.00gr, 25mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL50, lot 56, ref. no.12669 (dealer's ticket included). Found Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, 2006-2007. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
