LOT 2854
Celtic Southwest Gaul. Tolosates Fourrée Drachm. 125-80 BC. 'À la tête négroide'' type.
Stylised head to left, 'negroid' type, the hair represented by a row of 's' resting on a row of Y-shaped ears / Boulet cross in the centre, formed of four cantons each adorned with a lunette: annulet in one canton, pellet in the others. LT 2986; BN 2976-3240; SCBC 75. Good Very Fine.(2.17gr, 15mm.).
ProvenanceEx cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Cast Potin Unit. 150-101 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Head of Apollo to left / Bull butting to right; [MA?] above. Cf. ABC 120; cf. VA 1402-1. 2.89gr, 17mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL48, lot 18, ref. no.11451 (dealer's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC. Uninscribed. South Ferriby Boar type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Simplified boar to right, ring of pellets above, rings around / Horse to right, pelletal sun ring above, pellet-in ring before. Cf. ABC 1800 (Unit); cf. VA 875.2 (same); SCBC 397. 0.55gr, 11mm.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished as Half Unit.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; Van Arsdell 657; SCBC 431. 0.82gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
