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6 March 2022
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Rare and unusual Meldi potin

Starting Price: 200 CHF
Hammer Price:  420 CHF
Lot 1

CELTIC, Northeast Gaul. Meldi or Suessiones. Circa 50-30 BC. (21 mm, 4.78 g, 12 h), "à loiseau et animaux affrontés" type, cast. A large bird and a small bird facing each other; pellets-in-annulets in field. Rev. Two rampant bulls facing each other; pellets-in-annulets in field. CCCBM III 470. De la Tour 7602. Delestrée & Tache 213A. Gäumann 167 (as Suessiones). Scheers, Traité 731, pl. XXIV, 672. Very rare type among the potin series. Black patina, and sharply cast.

From a Swiss Collection.

Online bidding closes: 6 Mar 2022, 14:00:30 CET Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 12:01:32 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:420 CHF by smpldm (8 bids)
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