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LOT 1706
Iron Age Celtic Bronze Bull's Head Gold Stater Weight
2ND CENTURY B.C.-EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6 grams, 26 mm).
Modelled in the half-round with crescent horns. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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