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LOT 3001
Celtic Britannia. Belgae AV Quarter Stater. Circa 55-45 BC. Hampshire Thunderbolt type.
Stylised boat with two standing figures, pellets to left / Cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects around. ABC 767; VA 143; BMC 129-36, 410-13, S 6. Good Very Fine.(1.28gr, 12mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Found Bedhampton, Hampshire, UK, on 6 March 2011.
Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 16, ref. no.15730.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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