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LOT 2865
Spain. Bolskan (Osca) AR Denarius. 100-72 BC.
BoN (in Iberian) behind bearded male head to right, wearing pearl necklace / BoLSCaN (in Iberian) beneath horseman with couched lance galloping to right. ACIP 1423; CNH 212/13; MIB 79/11c; SNG BM Spain 710-33; Vives 43/2. Near Very Fine. Area of delamination on reverse.(3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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