LOT 3052
Celts in Eastern Europe BI Tetradrachm. Circa 3rd century BC. Kugelwange Type.
Celticized, laureate and bearded head to right / Horse prancing to left; pellet-in-annulet above. Cf. Göbl, OTA pl. 17, 193/14 var.; Lanz 489 (this coin). Good Fine. This coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997).(7.42gr, 23mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Hermann Lanz Collection.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 531A. 3.89gr, 18mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_239458). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Carnutes, Pixtilos AE Unit. Circa 40-30 BC. Class III.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed female head to right, long hair tied at the nape of the neck to form a ponytail, legend before / Hand to left holding branch (vine, mistletoe?) on which bird appears to be feeding on the berries. LT.7070; DT.2467; RIG.224d; ABT.269. 3.20gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Minim. Circa AD 25-35. Third coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Laureate bust to right, pellet in ring motif before / Dog standing to right, tree and pellet-in-annulet above, crescent before. Cf. VA 558-1. 0.24gr, 8mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
