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LOT 3057
Spain. Segobriga, Segobirices Horseman AR Denarius. Circa 120-30 BC. Long Lance Type.
Curly-haired male head right, crescent behind head, Iberic S below / Horseman right, long spear in hand, SECoBiRICeS below. Vill 292.5; Burgos 2168; Calico 1147 var. Good Very Fine. Bright silver, great curly haired head. Rare.(3.75gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Chris Rudd, 130, lot 1, ref. no.16541.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Footnotes
Celtiberian Secobirices (Roman Segobriga) was near Saelices (Cuenca), central Spain.
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