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LOT 2541
Celtic Britannia. Corieltauvi Fourrée Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. Spilsby Stag type.
Boar to right with short-spiky bristles on back; large beaded ring above / Stag to left with big fern-like tail; large beaded ring above, uncertain design below. ABC -; Van Arsdell -; BMC 3203 var.; SCBC -. Very Fine. Extremely rare and possibly unique as fourrée.(0.92gr, 15mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 50, no.28/15240 with coin ticket).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Chris Rudd's footnote: 'On this contemporary forgery the 'stag's' antlers have changed into a shaggy mane and there's a different (unidentified) ornament under the 'stag'.'
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