LOT 2856
Celtic Southern Gaul. Volcae-Tectosages AR Drachm. Mid 2nd-early 1st century BC.
Celticized male head to left; before, two dolphins / Large cross with three ornaments and one axe in quarters; each quarter bound by crescent. Flesche 138; LT 3132; SLM 76. Very Fine.(2.62gr, 14mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. 3.17gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AV Stater. Circa 65-1 BC. Uninscribed. Icenian A (Norfolk Wolf) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Devolved head of Apollo to right / Wolf standing to left; pellets and crescent above, large pellet and three small pellets in triangle below, bird on back and pellet-in-annulet behind. ABC 1399; VA 610-3; SCBC 31. 5.87gr, 20mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Stylised boar to right, pellet below / Stylised horse to right, pellet triads either side of four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. ABC 1582; VA 659-1; SCBC 431. 0.84gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
