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LOT 2591
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Suessiones Potin Unit. Circa 50-30 BC.
Stylised head to right / Abstract boar to right above central pellet-in-annulet; annulet to left, five pellets and torque below. Depeyrot, NC VI, 123; D&T 530; CCCBM III 444-7; de la Tour 7905. Good Very Fine.(3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Lockdale's, A75/625, no.374.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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