Details
LOT 2848
Celtic Central Gaul. Santones AE Quadrans. Circa 40 AD. CONTOVTOS type.
Romanised male head to right with short hair; CONTOVTOS (NT ligate) before / She-wolf leaping to right; below, bucranium; behind, bush. LT 4316; DT 3721. Good Very Fine.(1.52gr, 15mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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