LOT 2579
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa 300-100 BC.
Imitating Alexander III and Philip III of Macedon. Degraded head of Herakles to right / Stylised Zeus seated to left, holding eagle in right hand and sceptre with left. Cf. Lanz 910-932. Fine.(15.03gr, 30mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2579
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Celts of Eastern Europe AE 13mm. 3rd-2nd century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Imitation of Maroneia, Thrace issue. Horse standing to right; monogram below / Four bunches of grapes within linear square, blundered inscription around. For prototype cf. Schönert-Geiss 723; BMC 65-70. 4.14gr, 13mm, 9h.
Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Celtic Britannia. The Iceni AR Half Unit. Circa 35-25 BC.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Stylised boar to right, front leg comprised of two lines; pellet in ring below, three pellets to right / Celticized annulate horse to right with round head; pellet rosette above, three(?) pellets below. ABC 1621; cf. Van Arsdell 661.1; SCBC 437. 0.61gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector. Property of an Essex gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci, Thames Nipples Cast Potin. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Class II. Outline head to right around large central nipple / Crude outline bull to left around large central nipple. ABC 174; BMC 715-723; SCBC 64. 1.28gr, 15mm, 9h.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
