Details
LOT 2847
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 BC. Atectorix Bull type.
ATECTORI, male head to right with short hair / Bull standing to right with head lowered; above, beaded ring; in exergue, floral ornament. DT 3722; LT 4349; BMC 196-199. Very Fine.(1.42gr, 15mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Chris Rudd, LL43, lot 5, ref. no.5, no.12512 (dealer's tickets included).
Ex D Lee collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Atectorix may mean 'good king' or 'belonging to the king'.
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