Details
LOT 3023
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylised head to left / Stylised boar to left; two semicircles with bisecting line (all resembling a lis) below. Depeyrot, NC VII, 139; D&T 227. Very Fine.(5.92gr, 18mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 8, 20 March 2009, lot 133 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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