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LOT 2815
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 55-30 BC.
Nude man, kneeling to right, with right arm extended to left, small boar above extended arm, string of pellets below / Horse with human head to right; above and below, pellet. LT 7300 (Lower Seine); DT 306 (Gallic Wars); Scheers 163, series II, 605. Very Fine.(3.57gr, 16mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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