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 AV 'Ring Money'. Circa 1150-750 BC.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
In the shape of a double thick band. Van Arsdell 1-3 var. (plain band); see ABC p. 202. 3.20gr, 15mm x 7mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the continental art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; VA 657; SCBC 431. 0.75gr, 11mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni, Anted Fourrée Unit. Circa 10 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Stylised head to right, with stalk lips, 'worms' and pellets in front, ringed-pellets and X on cheek / Triple-tailed horse to left, pellet and TED above, AN below. For prototype: ABC 2072; VA 1082; SCBC 380. 1.19gr, 14mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
