LOT 3048
Celts in Eastern Europe BI Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd-2nd century BC. Triskeles Type.
Celticized, laureate and bearded head of Zeus to right / Stylised rider on horseback to right; vestigial legend remnants around, triskeles below. Kent/Mays, BMC I pl. 23, S121 (same obv. die); Lanz 725 (this coin). Near Extremely Fine. Scratch on reverse. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).(12.31gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Hermann Lanz Collection.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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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. -
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Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Cunobelin AR Unit. AD 10-43.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
CVNO, draped and winged bust to right / TASCIO, sphinx seated to left. Hobbs 1874; VA 2057-1; SCBC 313. 1.33gr, 12mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantii Cast Potin Unit. Early 1st century BC. Uninscribed. Angular Bull type (Cantian D).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Stylised head to left / Stylised bull. VA 129-330; ABC 171; SCBC 63. 1.43gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
