Details
LOT 2981
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. 58 BC-AD 43.
'Three men on a boat' design / Zigzag thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; various motifs around. Cf. VA 1260; cf. BMC 2748-70; cf. ABC 2214. Good Fine.(0.84gr, 13mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Silbury Coins.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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