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LOT 2574
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Bellovaci Potin Unit. Circa 55-30 BC.
Nude man, kneeling to right; boar above right arm, annulet before / Horse with human head to right; above and below, triad of pellets on globe, annulet before. LT 7276 var.; DT 306 (Gallic Wars); Scheers 163, series II, 605. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.33gr, 19mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex iNumis, Paris, France.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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