Details
LOT 3041
Celtic Central Gaul. Uncertain Tribe Potin Wheel Money. 1st century BC.
Wheel with four spokes. Victoor IX-2b. Good Very Fine.(2.44gr, 17mm.).
Provenance
Acquired Ginnel Centre, Harrogate, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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