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. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Stylised head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylised charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above, ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; DT 2334. 6.52gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Celtic Britannia. Proto Boar, Shaggy Chevron Tail Type AR Unit. Circa 55-45 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Boar right, with 'pin cushion' hackles, beaded ring above / Horse left, with 'pin cushion' mane and shaggy chevron tail, solar rings above, ringed-pellet below. ABC-; VA-; MBC-; S-. 1.09gr, 13mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Bright silver, bristly boar, bushy-tailed horse. Extremely rare.
Found Alcaster, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 33, ref. no.16072. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This Shaggy Chevron Tail Type is unlisted by the major catalogues. A superbly strange piece. -
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.
