Details
LOT 3034
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones AE Unit. Circa 60-50 BC.
Janiform helmetted heads / Lion standing to right; rosette below. D&T 562; Depeyrot, NC VI, 95; CCCBM III 78-9. Vey Fine.(2.72gr, 16mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex Thierry Dumez.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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