LOT 2859
Celts in Lower Danube AR Tetradrachm. Circa late 4th-3rd centuries BC. Imitations of Philip II of Macedon.
Laureate head of Zeus to right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, young jockey, holding palm branch and reins, riding horse to right; beneath horse, Λ above torch; beneath foreleg, kerykeion. Dembski -; Lanz -; OTA -; CCCBM I -; Pink 11. Very Fine.(13.62gr, 25mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain design / Horse standing to left, pellet-in-pelleted circle above. 0.48gr, 11mm.
Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 60-30/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Celticised figure running to right or dancing, helmetted head to left, annulets and sun around / Horse galloping to right; star and crescent above, star below. Cf. DT 291; cf. LT 7258. 1.86gr, 14mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Uncertain Southern mint. Verica Tiberius type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Figure standing facing and holding curved lituus and grapes, COM to left field, MI F to right / Laureate bust of Tiberius to right, VERI behind head, CA before. VA 533-1; ABC 1250; SCBC 136. 1.30gr, 13mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Ex Spink (company's tickets included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
