LOT 2858
Celts in Middle Danube. Hercuniates AE Tetradrachm. 2nd century BC. Kapostal type.
Devolved laureate head of Zeus to right / Devolved rider on horseback to left; large crest above head, [crescent] to left, hobble below. Lanz 784-90; CCCBM I 90; LT 9807; Dembski 1424; Göbl, Ostkelten 488/7. Good Very Fine. Dark glossy patina. Struck on a large flan.(9.60gr, 23mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Chris Rudd, LL65, lot 2, ref. no.16889 (dealer's ticket included).
Ex Dr Miklos Hoka collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2858
Celts in Middle Danube. Hercuniates AE Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Celtic Britannia. Eastern North Thames Region AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Uninscribed coinage. Southern-style Qc gold types. Essex Wheels type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Abstracted laureate head of Apollo to right / Triple-tailed horse to right, spoked-wheel below, onion-like-motif above, triskelion to upper right field; pellet-in-ring around. ABC 2231 (triskelion not mentioned); VA -; SCBC -; for an another example see Chris Rudd, Auction 190, lot 24. 1.33gr, 15mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Excessively rare fractional Stater.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
From Chris Rudd Auction: 'It's unusual to see a Druidic triskelion (three-legged symbol) in front of the horse. Unlisted by all major catalogues. None in the British Museum.' -
Celtic Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. 1.45gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Cast Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Two confronted ibexes standing on their hind legs; above, pellet-in-annulet / Wolf and boar standing confronted with central pellet between. DT 211; LT 7458; SLM 268-269. 4.66gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
