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LOT 2557
Celtic Northwest Gaul, Carnutes AE Unit. Circa 80-40 BC.
Celticized head of Apollo to right / Roaring lion walking to left, bird perched to left on back, pellet-in-annulet before and below; inscription in exergue. Danicourt 175; Scheers, Traité, pl. xxvii, 766. Very Fine.(3.08gr, 16mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Thierry Dumez, Mulhouse.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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