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. Corieltauvi AR Unit. Circa 45-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Stylised boar standing right / Stylised horse standing right; sun ring above. VA 877-3; ABC 1803. 1.11gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Armorica, Coriosolites BI Fraction. Circa 40-10 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Head to right / Disjointed human-headed horse to right. D-T series 380, 2374; cf. SCBC 20. 0.75gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), Auction-Sale 90, 9 December 2010, lot 402. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Curved Bull type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Stylised head to left / Degraded bull butting to right on exergual line. ABC 150; VA 106-110. 2.18gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
