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Iberia, The Barcids, Qart Hadasht (Carthago Nova), temp. Hannibal, Half-Shekel, c. 221-218, wreathed head of Tanit left, rev. horse standing right, head reverted, pellet below, 3.48g/12h (Villaronga 106, same dies; CNH p.68, 37; BMC 60; AB 500). Very fine and very rare £300-350
Hammer Price: £420
Iberia, The Barcids, Qart Hadasht (Carthago Nova), temp. Hannibal, Shekel, c. 218-209, beardless bare head left of ‘Roman’ style, rev. horse standing right; in background, palm tree in fruit; to right, Punic character yod, 7.26g/12h (Villaronga 255, same dies; CNH p.73, 83; BMC 122; AB 548). Fine and very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £500
Iberia, Celtitan, As, 2nd cent. BC, diademed male head right, rev. celtitan, boar over dagger right, 18.89g/2h (CNH 389, 1; SNG BMC –; AB 624). Very fine, earthy dark patina, rare £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
Iberia, Gadir, Half-Hemidrachm, late 3rd cent. BC, head of Melqart left, wearing lion-skin, rev. tunny-fish right, 1.99g/12h (Alfaro Asins, Gadir/Gades, 428-69; CNH p.83, 4, 37; AB 1308). Very fine and very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £650
Iberia, Gadir, Half-Hemidrachm, late 3rd cent. BC, similar, 2.26g/12h (Alfaro Asins 428-69; CNH p.83, 4, 37; AB 1308). Old piercing, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-500
£400–£500
Iberia, Salacia-Kentouibon, As, 1st century BC, candnil siscra f, laureate and bearded head left, rev. legend divided by two tuna fish right, 13.54g/5h (CNH 134, 5; SNG BMC 496; AB –; MANM 1492; Faria III, 1a). Very fine with glossy dark green patina, very rare £600-700
£600–£700
Gaul, The Ambiani, Æ, c. 60-25, round facing head with hair parted into two plaits with rings at end, scroll-like ornaments below, rev. conjoined plumed horses, 2.40g/2h (unpublished in the standard literature; cf. DT 477 and LT 8526 for similar rev. type). About very fine with shiny dark patina, excessively rare; the better of the two known specimens £300-400
Hammer Price: £210
Gaul, The Aulerci Cenomani, Stater, laureate head right, rev. human-headed horse galloping right trampling fallen warrior, 7.53g/12h (DT series 290, 2141C; LT 6847; de Jersey pp.58-63, fig 23). About very fine, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £920
Gaul, The Bellovaci, Æ, c. 60-25, Celtic head left with spiky hair, torque and three question-mark symbols in front, rev. cockerel right with wings spread, face on breast, pellet-in-annulet and spiral in front, 1.86g/9h (DT 509; LT 8584; BMC S28). About very fine, green patina £100-150
Hammer Price: £75
Gaul, The Bituriges-Cubi, silver Drachm, c. 110-90, head with curly locks right, rev. horseman holding shield galloping right, fleuron below, 3.05g/6h (Depeyrot III, 77; DT 3344; BMC S174; LT 4446). Slightly off-centre, otherwise about very fine £120-150
Hammer Price: £85
Gaul, The Eluates, silver Drachm imitating Emporion, c. 218-118, degraded head of Apollo, rev. stylized winged horse with globular body left, 2.60g/3h (Boudet-Depeyrot, Monnaies gauloises à la croix, pp.94-5; BMC 111-22; LT 3587). Good fine or better £80-100
Gaul, The Sequani, Togirix, Quinarius, head left, [to]girix in front, rev. horse left, togi[r] above, serpent below, 1.78g/8h (DT 3248; BMC 366-79; LT 5550). Good fine £40-60
Hammer Price: £25
Gaul, The Treveri, Germanus Indutillius L, Quadrans, c. 15-8 BC, diademed bust right, rev. CERMANVS INDVTILLI L, bull butting left, 2.77g/7h (BMC Celtic Gaul 263-8; RPC 506; RIC Augustus 249). Very fine, green patina £60-80
Hammer Price: £50
Gaul, The Volcæ Arecomici, silver Drachm, head left with ‘negroid’ features and hair in curls, rev. cross, pellet in centre, pellets and crescents in angles, 3.27g/12h (Boudet-Depeyrot, Monnaies gauloises à la croix, p.46, 3; BMC S123; cf. LT 3040). Struck on a thick, square flan as usual, good very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £100
Gaul, The Volcæ Tectosages (?), Minim, cross, wedges in angles, rev. helmet (?), 0.32g (cf. LT pl. 10). Good fine; apparently unpublished £30-50
Hammer Price: £10
Cisalpine Gaul, Pedemontana, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Artemis right, rev. lion walking right, 3.52g/8h (Pautasso 1966, 7; BMC 2). Heavy series, very fine, rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
Cisalpine Gaul, The Insubri, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Artemis right, rev. lion of ‘wolf’ type walking right, 2.16g/9h (Pautasso 1966, 435-57; BMC 20). Extremely fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £110
Cisalpine Gaul, The Insubri, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, similar, 1.83g/2h (Pautasso 1966, 435-57; BMC 20). Extremely fine £100-150
Cisalpine Gaul, The Liguri (?), Serra Riccò type Obol, c. 2nd-1st cent. BC, female head right, rev. cat-like lion left with pelleted body, star of four rays above and below, 0.67g/6h (BMC 29; Pautasso Coll. 33). Good very fine and toned, rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £250
Cisalpine Gaul, The Leponti, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Artemis right, rev. TOUTIPOUOS in Lepontic characters, lion walking right, 1.17g/9h (Pautasso 1966, 453-61; BMC S73). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £130
Cisalpine Gaul, The Veneti, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Artemis right, rev. lion in the form of a ferocious beast with long talons walking right, 2.70g/8h (Pautasso 1966, 472-80; BMC 21). Good style, very fine and toned £150-200
Cisalpine Gaul, The Veneti, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, similar, 2.70g/8h (Pautasso 1966, 472-80; BMC 21). Very fine, toned £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
Celtic Central Europe, Rhineland, ‘Tanzendes Männchen’ type Quinarius, c. 65-40, male figure with spiky hair running or squatting to right, head left, holding snake and ring, rev. horse with spiky mane standing right, looking back, zig-zag border around, 1.67g/9h (Kellner, Manching, 2314; DT 206; BMC 524-8; LMZ 1120; LT 9396). About extremely fine, blue tone, rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £410
Celtic Central Europe, the Boii, Twenty-Fourth-Stater, blank, rev. stylised figure of Athena with shield and spear left, 0.34g (Paulsen 147-8; Dembski 503-5; Lanz 36-7). Very fine and rare £300-350
£300–£350
Celtic Central Europe, the Boii, Twenty-Fourth-Stater, similar, 0.33g (Paulsen 147-8; Dembski 503-5; Lanz 36-7). Good fine, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £55
Celtic Central Europe, The Vindelici, Rainbow-cup, ‘Rolltier’ type Stater, c. 100-60, curled serpent with beaded mane, rev. three pellets within torque, 7.83g/12h (Kellner, Manching, pl. 44, 1107-8; LMZ 1061; Lanz 2-3; Forrer 396). Struck slightly off-centre on a scyphate flan, very fine or better, very rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £700
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danubian Celts, Philip II imitative Tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. horseman right, dolphin symbol in field, 14.17g/4h (Göbl 10/4, same dies; cf. BMC 3). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £150
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danubian Celts, Sav, Drava and Croatia district, Philip II imitative Tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC, laureate head of Zeus right, rev. horseman left, trefoil above, 9.85g/2h (BMC 134; Göbl 192). Very fine and very rare £100-150
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danubian Celts, Alexander III imitative Tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC, Celticised laureate head of Herakles right, rev. Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, 16.64g/11h (BMC 188-90; Pink 582). Good very fine, toned £100-150
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danubian Celts, Alexander III imitative Tetradrachm, 2nd cent. BC, similar, 15.51g/11h (BMC 197; Pink 584-6). Fine £40-50
£40–£50
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danube Region, Philip III imitative Drachm, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Herakles right, rev. Zeus seated left, 2.82g/10h (BMC S199; Lukanc pl. 7, 8; Pink 592). Very fine £80-100
£80–£100
Eastern Celts and Balkan Peoples, Danube Region, Philip III imitative Drachm, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, similar, 3.08g/11h (BMC S202; McClean 3548). Very fine £80-100
Etruria, Populonia, 20 Asses, 3rd cent. BC, head of Metus facing, rev. blank, 8.23g (Vecchi II, 58, 13-89; HN Italy 152). Good very fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £780
Etruria, Populonia, Triens, 3rd cent. BC, helmeted head of Minerva right, rev. owl facing with open wings, four pellets above, 23.48g/7h (Vecchi IV, 1-3; HN Italy 184). Ragged flan, otherwise very fine, encrusted green-brown patina £500-600
Hammer Price: £620
Etruria, Populonia, Sextans, 3rd cent. BC, similar, two pellets below, 6.80g/3h (Vecchi IV, 18; HN Italy 186). Very fine, earthy green-brown patina £250-300
Etruria, Vetulonia, Sextans, 3rd cent. BC, male head right, wearing ketos head-dress, rev. ornamental trident between two dolphins, 8.87g/4h (Vecchi V, 9; HN Italy 203). Fine to very fine, earthy green-brown patina £250-300
Campania, Cales, Æ, c. 265-240, head of Minerva left, rev. cock standing right, 5.42g/4h (SNG ANS 175-87; HN Italy 436). Good very fine, toned £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
Campania, Neapolis, Didrachm, c. 275-250, female head left, wearing head-band, herm at right, rev. man-faced bull walking right, crowned by Nike, 7.37g/7h (SNG ANS 387; Sambon 491; HN Italy 587). Good very fine, fine Hellenistic style £700-800
Hammer Price: £600
Campania, The Phisteli (Phistelia), Obol, c. 325-275, young male head three-quarters facing, rev. corn-ear and mussel, dolphin above, 0.66g/8h (SNG ANS 579; HN Italy 613). Good very fine, toned £90-120
£90–£120
Eastern Italy, Larinum, Quadrunx, c. 210-175, head of Jupiter right, rev. LADINOD, eagle with spread wings standing right on thunderbolt, 10.10g/8h (SNG ANS 136; HN Italy 626). Very fine, dark green patina, rare £90-120
Hammer Price: £120
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