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LOT 3020
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Coriosolites BI Stater. Circa 100-50 BC.
Stylised head to right, hair in large spiral curls, S-like ear; pearl strings flowing around / Stylised charioteer driving biga to right; below, boar to right; pearl string flowing above, ornaments around. Depeyrot, NC VIII, 178; DT 2334. Good Very Fine.(6.52gr, 19mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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