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LOT 2951
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylised head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; [pearl strings flowing around] / Stylised charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 186; DT 2341. Good Very Fine.(6.13gr, 20mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Ex Michael Trenerry.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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