LOT 3019
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylized head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylized charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above, ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; DT 2334. Good Very Fine. Bright silver, full head, well ornamented.(6.75gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Alan Harrison collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 4, ref. no.15842.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celts. Uncertain AR Half Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Head(?) to right / Animal standing to left; pellet-in-crescent above. 0.10gr, 5mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwins basement, 20th century. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Epaticcus AR Minim. Circa AD 35-43. Boar's Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
EPATI, pellet-in-ring motif above and below; all within pellet border / Boar's head to right; TA below; all within pellet border. ABC 1370; SCBC 360; Van Arsdell 585-1. 0.31gr, 8mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Bold inscription, great boar's head.
Found Worthing, West Sussex, UK. Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 28, ref. no.15482. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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. 3.19gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
