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LOT 2573
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci AE Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Figure running to left, head to right; annulets around, uncertain object below / Horse to right; crescent and pellet-within-annulet above, annulet and ‘comet’ below. D&T 301; cf. Depeyrot, NC VI, 42; cf. CCCBM III 7. Good Very Fine.(2.85gr, 15mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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