LOT 2839
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets and torque below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 530; CCCBM III 444-7; de la Tour 7905. Good Very Fine.(3.16gr, 17mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL44, lot 9, ref. no.13698 (dealer's ticket included).
Ex A Clarke collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. 1.52gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 50-40 BC. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valey. Norfolk Diadem type. Uninscribed issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Diademed head to right; [stars before] / Horse prancing to right; pelleted wheel above, star below. ABC 1501; VA -; SCBC 432. 1.35gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000. -
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AV Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat Gold type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Three-men-in-a-boat motif; pellet rosette motif to left / Central thunderbolt, Y-shape either side, uncertain object to each side. ABC 2205; VA 1225; BMC 414-18; SCBC 368. 1.45gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
