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LOT 2556
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Centred on Dreux in Eure-et-Loir, North Central France. 'Type de Bû' type.
Stylised head to left, with flowing hair / Highly stylised horse consisting of three crosses with curved lines between and above; all on hashed groundline; trefoil of pellets above. Depeyrot, NC V, 117 (Carnutes); D&T 2508A (Durocassi); CCCBM III -. Extremely Fine. Rare.(2.73gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr, bga_247822, Jan. 2012, no.7.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Figure running to left, head to right; annulets around, uncertain object below / Horse to right; crescent and pellet-within-annulet above, annulet and ‘comet’ below. D&T 301; cf. Depeyrot, NC VI, 42; cf. CCCBM III 7. 2.85gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 45-10 BC. Boar/Horse type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Blank / Horse to right, large rosette of pellets above. Van Arsdell 884.1; SCBC 397. 0.40gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. Early 1st century BC. Uninscribed. Angular Bull type (Cantian D).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised head to right / Stylised bull to right; two crescents above, pellet and exergual line below. ABC 171; Van Arsdell 129-1; SCBC 63. 1.41gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
