Details
LOT 2789
Celtic Britannia. Dobunni AR Unit. Circa 50 BC-AD 50. Uninscribed. Cotswold Crosses Type. Head type I/J.
Moon head to right, represented by nose and stalk lips, ring for eye and two other rings below, two crescents beneath lips; crescents and pellet rosettes before / Horse to right, V beneath tail; large cross below with small crosses and other motifs in angles; cruciform pattern of ring-in-annulet and crescents above; annulet before. ABC 2036; VA 1135-1 & 1137/1 (Catti); SCBC 377. Near Very Fine.(0.75gr, 12mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
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