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LOT 3058
Gaul, Massalia AR Drachm. 2nd century BC.
Light standard. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Lion standing to right, raising foreleg; MAΣΣA above, N(?) beneath lion's foreleg, AAΠ in exergue. LT- ; BN 1376; MHM 55/2. Good Very Fine. Nice deep cabinet toning. Extremely rare with this legend.(2.15gr, 16mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr. (bga_198328).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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