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LOT 2955
Celtic Britannia. Atrabates and Regni, Verica AR Unit. AD 10-20.
Thyrsus between two cornucopiae, two-handled wine cup below, COM-[MI F] around / Long-robed figure seated right, with left hand raised, VERI-CA around. ABC 1241; VA 531; BMC 1393-419; S 134. Good Very Fine.(1.27gr, 11mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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