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LOT 3019
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylized head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylized charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above, ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; DT 2334. Good Very Fine. Bright silver, full head, well ornamented.(6.75gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Alan Harrison collection.
Ex Chris Rudd, 127, lot 4, ref. no.15842.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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