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LOT 2798
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 35-25 BC. Norfolk Boar Phallic type.
Stylised boar to right, pellet below / Stylised horse to right, pellet triads either side of four-spoked wheel above, cotter-pin shaped line between pellet triads below. ABC 1582; VA 659-1; SCBC 431. Very Fine.(0.84gr, 13mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Michael Trenerry.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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