LOT 3027
Celtic Southwest Gaul. Petrocorii AR Drachm. 2nd century BC. Périgueux Flamboyant type.
Head left, with elliptical eye, large open crescents for hair / Cruciform motif, axes and pelleted-rings in angles. Saves 220-222; BN 3525-28; BMC 81. Good Very Fine. Great head, both axes visible. Very rare.(1.74gr, 13mm.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, 125, lot 6, ref. no.16649.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
CGF attribute this type to the Petrocorii 'the four armies' and they're probably right to do so. Strabo - his name means 'squint-eyed' - indicates that the Petrocorii were very good metal-workers (Geog. IV, 2, 2). Caesar says Vercingetorix asked them to supply 5,000 troops for his rebellion (BG VIII, 75). Depeyrot records only 18 examples of this very rare type, most of them in museums.
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Celtic Northwest Gaul. Aulerci Eburovices AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Boar and horse facing each other, annulets and pellet-in-annulets around / Boar standing to right; under snout, bucranium; beneath belly, two small superimposed rings. LT.8529; DT.2458A var.; ABT. p. 372. 2.39gr, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Rare type.
Ex cgb.fr, Paris (bga_250724) Ex Dr Charles Haas collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Epaticcus AR Minim. Circa AD 35-43. Boar's Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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. 0.28gr, 8mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Toned silver, complete inscription, great boar's head.
Ex Chris Rudd, 118, lot 20, ref. no.15487. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
The letters TA below the boar's head refer to Tasciovanos and indicate that Epaticcus comes from the court of Tasciovanos; indeed he may have been a son of Tasciovanos and younger brother of Cunobelinus. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 60-30/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Celticised figure running to right or dancing, helmetted head to left, pellet-in-annulets flanking / Horse galloping to right. Cf. DT 291; cf. LT 7258. 3.15gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Daves collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
