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LOT 2545
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Quarter Stater. Circa 20 BC-AD 20. Badbury Rat type.
'Three-men-in-a-boat' design / Central zigzag thunderbolt between beaded lines, various designs flanking. ABC 2214; Van Arsdell 1260-1; BMC 2748-70; SCBC 368. Good Very Fine.(0.58gr, 12mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Philpotts.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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