Details
LOT 2870
Gaul, Massalia AR Obol. Circa 440-410 BC.
Head of male to right, wearing helmet decorated with four-spoked wheel / Wheel with four spokes. F&P OBM-2c; Depeyrot, Hellénistiques 2; SNG Blackburn 1. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.55gr, 10mm.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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