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8 Feburary 2015
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Lovely Baiocasses Stater

Starting Price: 450 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 35

GAUL, Baiocasses. Circa 2nd-1st century BC. Stater (Billon, 20mm, 6.10 g 2), Ogmios and Boar type. Celticized head to right; boar above. Rev. Human-headed horse galopping to right; boar below. ABC 58. Chris Rudd 49.12. De J Armorica fig. 57c. DT 2262. LT 6967. Very fine.


From the Cologny Collection.

“The Baiocasses ’with blond curls’ of Brittany were based in Bessin (Calvados, Lower Normandy) and gave their name to the capital, modern Bayeux (Roman Augustodurum)” (cf. ABC p. 30).

Online bidding closes: 8 Feb 2015, 18:17:30 CET Current Date & Time: 23 Apr 2024, 20:02:59 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold
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