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LOT 2781
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi AR Half Unit. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Boar to left; wheel above, pellet-in-annulet below / Horse to left, pelleted ring above. Good Very Fine.(0.46gr, 10mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceEx Graham Slater collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Near Very Fine.
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Good Very Fine. Broken and repaired. Very rare.
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Blank / Celticised horse to left; pellet-in-annulets around, corded triangle above, hatched box below. ABC 198; VA 151; Hobbs 2469. 1.27gr, 12mm.
Very Fine.
Found Horley, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, UK, 2011. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SUR-960B33.
