Details
LOT 2977
Celtic Britannia. Durotriges AR Stater. Circa 65 BC-AD 45. Cranborne Chase type.
Devolved and disjointed laureate head of Apollo to right / Devolved and disjointed horse to left with numerous pellets above and a pellet below. ABC 2157; VA 1235-1. Good Very FIne.(5.58gr, 20mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Found Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 19 October 2005.
Ex Chris Rudd, IOW, lot 28, ref. no.12753.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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