Details
LOT 2841
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Veliocasses AE Unit. Circa 60-50 BC. Boar Wheel type.
Head to right with pointed nose, slitty eye and stalk lips / Boar to left with upturned snout; below, wheel. LT 7333; DT 660; BMC 9-11. Good Very Fine.(2.34gr, 15mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Chris Rudd, LL56, lot 7, ref. no.13136 (dealer's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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