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LOT 2880
Celtic Britannia. The Corieltauvi AV Stater. Circa 50 BC-AD 20.
Kite Type. Devolved head of Apollo to right, consisting of wreath and crescents; [wheel] before / Lunate horse to left, kite above, four-armed spiral(?) and three pellets beneath horse's belly, three pellets beneath horse's tail, four-spoked wheel before. Cf. ABC 1761; cf. Van Arsdell 825.1; cf. SCBC 392. Good Very Fine. Lustrous.(5.29gr, 17mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Yorkshire, UK;
From a private Durham, UK, collection.
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Kite Type. Devolved head of Apollo to right, consisting of wreath and crescents; [wheel] before / Lunate horse to left, kite above, four-armed spiral(?) and three pellets beneath horse's belly, three pellets beneath horse's tail, four-spoked wheel before. Cf. ABC 1761; cf. Van Arsdell 825.1; cf. SCBC 392. 5.29gr, 17mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Lustrous.
Found Yorkshire, UK; From a private Durham, UK, collection.
