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LOT 3024

Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.

Bare head to left / Boar standing to left; three semicircles below. D&T 228; Depeyrot, NC VII, 141; CCCBM III 426-32. Good Very Fine.(3.60gr, 17mm, 4h.).

Provenance

Ex iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 9, 23 October 2009, lot 103 (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

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LOT 3024

Celtic Northeast Gaul. Leuci Potin Unit.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £59

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