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LOT 2561
Celtic Northwest Gaul. Senones Potin Unit. Circa 80-50 BC. Champagne Wild Man type.
Stylised head to right / Stylised horse prancing to left; pellet before and below. LT 7417; DT 2642; Scheers, Lyon, 746-753. Near Extremely Fine. Superb shiny-black patina, great head, splendid specimen.(4.11gr, 18mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 48, no.6/3747 with coin ticket).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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