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LOT 2554
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Aulerci Eburovices Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Celticized head with six locks of hair to right / Boar to right; three pellets below. Depeyrot, NC V, 147; D&T 2645; F&P SEN-7445 (Senones); CCCBM III 433. Good Very Fine.(4.69gr, 18mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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