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LOT 3025
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Helmetted head to left; floral ornament before / Bull butting to right; fleur-de-lis above. D&T 229; Depeyrot, NC VII, 137; CCCBM III 303-4. Near Extremely Fine.(3.35gr, 17mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_132681).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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