Details
LOT 3010
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Ambiani AE Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Horse prancing to right; torque before, pellets and annulets around / Boar standing to right; pellets and annulets above, pellet-in-annulet and pellet-in-lozenge below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 259; D&T 449. Very Fine.(2.69gr, 14mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Ex iNumis, Paris.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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