LOT 3032
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones AE Unit. Circa 52-27 BC. Yllucci type.
Head right, with large locks of leaf-like hair, complex solar flower before, beaded border / Spread-winged bird of prey left, with curved beak, long angled legs, fish-like tail-feathers and wings composed of two pairs of crescents, each with a pellet in the lower cusp, forming an owlish face; YLLYIII and pentagram above. LT 7508 var.; BMC 152; S 139; RIG 320. Extremely Fine. Bronze patina, magnificent head, whole bird beautifully displayed, complete inscription. Rare.(3.21gr, 16mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 131, lot 1, ref. no.17434.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AV Quarter Stater. Circa 50-30 BC. Duro Boat type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Three-men-in-a-boat motif; pellet rosette motif to left / Central thunderbolt, Y-shape either side, uncertain object (stylised bird?) to right. ABC 2205; VA 1225; BMC 414-18; S 368. 1.52gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Sharply struck in golden gold, clear 'bird'. Recorded in Celtic Coin Index Online of Oxford University with reference no.CCI 01.1922.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 57, 4 April 2001, lot 1648. Ex James T. Joyner collection. Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 40, ref. no.16980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
It can surely be no accident that the two Y-shapes in this gorgeous Dutotrigan gold quarter stater closely resemble the Y-shapes seen on the late Hengistbury cast bronze coins. -
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Celtic Britannia. Dobunni, Eisv AR Unit. Circa AD 15-30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Celticised head to right / Triple-tailed annulate horse to left; pellet and EI above, pellet and SV below; one pellet above and three pellets beneath tail. VA 1110; ABC 2081; SCBC 382. 0.95gr, 13mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection, UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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. 6.75gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Bright silver, full head, well ornamented.
Ex 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.
