Details
LOT 2817
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC. Au nez en epsilon type.
Celticized male head to right, the hair in large spiral curls and with an S-shaped ear / Celticized rider on horseback to right, holding long whip in his right hand; below, boar and pellet in annulet. DT 2339; LT 6614. Very Fine.(6.10gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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