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LOT 2533
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit. Circa AD 35-43. Epaticcus Eagle type.
Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; pellet-in-annulet to left, EPATI upward before / Eagle standing facing on snake, head to left, with wings displayed; pellet-in-annulet above. ABC 1346; Van Arsdell 580-1; SCBC 356. Good Very Fine.(1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Alan Cherry.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 2533
Celtic Britannia. Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, Epaticcus AR Unit.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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