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LOT 3049
Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. 3rd century BC. Imitation of Patraos of Paeonia.
Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΠΑΤΡΑOY, Paeonian horseman galloping to right and spearing fallen enemy. Cf. CCCBM I S182; cf. KMW 1538. Near Very Fine.(9.35gr, 23mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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