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LOT 2617
Spain. Gadir AE Quadrans. Circa 100-20 BC.
Head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress / Legend in Punic above and below, dolphin transfixed by trident. CNH p. 88, 51; SNG BM Spain 293-304; Bugos 1356; Calico 778. Near Very Fine. Thick flan, heavyweight, with olive patina.(4.11gr, 19mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Dr Hispanicus collection.
Ex Chris Rudd (Liz's List 55, no.15/14317 with coin ticket).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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