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LOT 2612
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. Good Fine.(14.76gr, 29m.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC. Classe "au bandeau".
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Diademed head to left / Boar standing to left; two semicircles below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 153. 5.19gr, 18mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_169215) (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Chute type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,365
Wreath motif with downward-facing leaves / Triple-tailed disjointed horse to left, shrimp and large blobs above, crab below, exergual line with zigzag and pellets. ABC 746; VA 1205; BMC 36-76; S 22. 6.12gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Lustrous rich yellow gold, clear crab and shrimp.
Found Dummer, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, UK. -
Celtic Britannia. Atrebates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. Circa AD 10-40. Verica Smiley type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
COM • F; above and below, voided crescent and pellet between pellet-in-ring / Boar standing to right; star above, VIRI below. ABC 1220; Van Arsdell 470-1; SCBC 131. 1.15gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
