Details
LOT 3030
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 50-40 BC.
Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) to right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. Very Fine.(3.36gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex iNumis, Mail Bid Sale 17, 23 March 2012, lot 75.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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