LOT 2563
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylised head to right / Stylised horse prancing to left; pellet before and below. LT 7417; DT 2642; Scheers, Lyon, 746-753. Very Fine.(2.90gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni, Cunobelin AE Unit. Early 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
[CUNOBELI]NI, laureate head to left / TASCIOVA[NI], centaur to right, blowing horn. ABC 2957; Van Arsdell 2089; SCBC 336. 1.85gr, 14mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Philpotts, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Gaul, Massalia AE 16mm. Circa 150-101 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΜΑΣΣΑ, bull butting to right; in exergue, uncertain symbol. Cf. BN 1655-1656 (kerykeion); cf. F/Py PBM 45-1 (same). 1.81gr, 16mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Effeminate Apollo, bold bull, prominent casting sprue. Scarce.
Ex A Clarke collection. Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 42, no.9/13666 with coin ticket). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 1-25. Anted D-Bar type (Icenian G).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines surrounded by two lines of pellets / Celticized horse to right, surrounded by pellets; above, daisy or sun symbol; monogram of ANT[E]D below. ABC 1645; Van Arsdell 711; SCBC 441. 0.912gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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