Details
LOT 2824
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 225. Near Very Fine. Dark, glossy patina.(4.89gr, 19mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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