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. 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. -
Celts in Eastern Europe Fourrée Drachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Imitation of Alexander III of Macedon.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Stylised Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend to right, M in left field. Cf. Roma E-75, lot 17. 4.03gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Small break in plating on nose.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020, lot 98. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Pixtilos AE Unit. Circa 40-30 BC. Class VII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
PIXTILOS, diademed male head (Apollo?) to right, with a horned snake-like dragon curling down from the top of his head / Nude man, holding a palm branch in his right hand and the reins with his left, riding a horse prancing to right; below, double spiral ornament. Depeyrot, NC V, 89; D&T 2471; Scheers, Pixtilos, class VII. 3.05gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Paris. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
