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LOT 2591
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.(3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Lockdale's, A75/625, no.374.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. East Midlands. Unscribed. Rich Type 1a.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Boar to right, 'spear' in shoulder, pelletal sun above, 'swastika' ornament above head / Horse to left, beaded ring above, annulet below and two annulets before. Cf. ABC 1779; cf. Van Arsdell 855-3. 1.35gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Large flan, well ornamented.
Found North of Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex D Lee collection. Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 74, no.27/11759, and JS, 9/11759, with coin tickets). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. 2nd-1st century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Celticized Zeus seated to left on low throne, holding long sceptre in his left hand and eagle standing to right with closed wings in his right; in left field, amphora. Dembski 1463-4; Lanz 896; OTA 577/1. 2.84gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman collector. From the private collection of a Colchester, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AE Unit. Early 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[CUNOBELI]NI, laureate head to left / TASCIOVA[NI], centaur to right, blowing horn. ABC 2957; Van Arsdell 2089; SCBC 336. 1.85gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Philpotts, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
