LOT 2986
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.(15.27gr, 27mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Celtic Britannia. Iceni, Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 1-25. Icenian G type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Two opposed crescents with pellets between, superimposed upon band of three lines surrounded by two lines of pellets / Celticized horse to right; [above, daisy or sun symbol?]; pellet triad, line of three horizontal pellets and monogram of ANTÐ below. ABC 1645; cf. Van Arsdell 711, 715; SCBC 441. 0.81gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Graham Slater collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Britannia, Iceni. Anted AR Unit. Circa AD 10-30. Antedios Antd D-Bar type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two outline crescents back-to-back, two pellets between, on a central band set on vertical wreath / Celticised horse prancing to right; below, pellet triad and monogram of ANTD. ABC 1645; Van Arsdell 715-1; BMC 3960-4009. 0.73gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones AE Unit. Circa 60-50/25 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Celticized janiform head; [below, six(?) pellet-in-annulet] / Celticized bull (or lion) standing to left; above, three pellet-in-annulets in form of a triangle; below, pellet-in-annulet. D&T 563; Depeyrot, NC VI, 95; CCCBM III 68-70. 2.66gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
