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LOT 2801
Celtic Britannia. Iceni AR Unit. Circa 20 BC-AD 10. Norfolk boar star type.
Stylised boar standing to right; four pellets below / Celticised horse prancing to right; pellet triad beneath arc from neck to rump above; star below. ABC 1579; Van Arsdell 657; SCBC 431. Very Fine.(0.82gr, 12mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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