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LOT 3012
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 60-30/25 BC.
Celticised figure running to right or dancing, helmetted head to left, pellet-in-annulets flanking / Horse galloping to right. Cf. DT 291; cf. LT 7258. Very Fine.(3.15gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Daves collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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