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LOT 2555
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes AR Drachm. 1st century BC.
Celticized head to right, hair in large locks of 'Aquitanian' style / Two horses, one above the other, prancing to right; ornament above and below. Cf. DT 3354; cf. LT 5986. Very Fine.(3.44gr, 16mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. Classe "au bandeau".
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Diademed head to left / Boar standing to left; two semicircles below. D&T 153; Depeyrot, NC VII, 139. 2.98gr, 18mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Redones BI Stater. Circa 60-50 BC. 'au profil imberbe' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Celticized laureate head of Apollo to right / Celticized biga to right; before, vexillum; below, wheel set on spiral ornament. Cf. LT 6783; cf. D&T 2310. 6.57gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celts in Lower Danube AR Drachm. Circa 2nd century BC. Imitating Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Celticized head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / [...]ΞΑΝΔ[...], Celticised 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; to left, monogram(?). Cf. OTA 575. 2.95gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
