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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. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. Angular Bull type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Outline head to right / Outline bull to right; exergual line below, two crescents above. ABC 171; SCBC 63. 1.15gr, 17mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Southern Gaul. Allobroges AR Quinarius. Circa 100-75 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Celticized helmeted head of Roma to left / Hippocamp to left. DT 3127; LT 2924. 2.23gr, 16mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Irregular flan.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_260506) (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi Fourrée Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. Spilsby Stag type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Boar to right with short-spiky bristles on back; large beaded ring above / Stag to left with big fern-like tail; large beaded ring above, uncertain design below. ABC -; Van Arsdell -; BMC 3203 var.; SCBC -. 0.92gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare and possibly unique as fourrée.
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 50, no.28/15240 with coin ticket). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Chris Rudd's footnote: 'On this contemporary forgery the 'stag's' antlers have changed into a shaggy mane and there's a different (unidentified) ornament under the 'stag'.'
