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LOT 2560
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones Potin Unit. Circa 80-50 BC. Champagne Wild Man type.
Male head to right with phallic braided hair / Horse to left, with tail raised. ABC 103; LT 7417; BMC 389-397. Good Very Fine. Smooth brown patina, great head, very heavy weight.(5.52gr, 21mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx N McCarten collection.
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's list 51, no.10/13167 with coin ticket).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,365
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, shrimp and large blobs above, crab below, exergual line with zigzag and pellets. ABC 746; VA 1205; BMC 36-76; S 22. 6.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous rich yellow gold, clear crab and shrimp.
Found Dummer, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, UK. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed head to left / Boar standing to left; two semicircles below. D& 225; Depeyrot, NC VII, 225. 4.37gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex iNumis, Paris, France. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Spain, Castulo AE Semis. Late 2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed male head to right; palm branch to right / Bull standing to right; crescent above, 'Kastilo' in Iberian in exergue. ACIP 2146; CNH 42. 5.32gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
