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LOT 2980
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-43 AD.
Five-armed starfish, lines of pellets between each arm / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; eight-rayed lighting flash with rectangular body to each side. VA 1270-78; BMC 2780-81; ABC 2220. Good Very Fine. Lightly toned, bold starfish.(0.99gr, 13mm.).
Provenance
Found Dorset, circa 1983?
Ex Matthew Rich collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 123, lot 43, ref. no.16328.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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