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LOT 2515
Celtic Britannia. Cantiaci Potin Unit. Circa 120-100 BC. Thurrock MA type.
Head to left / Degraded bull butting to right; [M]A above. ABC 120; Van Arsdell 1406. Near Very Fine.(2.90gr, 18mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Ex Lockdales A65/857, no.397.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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