Auction Catalogue

5 October 2009

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Important Ancient Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 5301

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5 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£100

Cisalpine Gaul, The Veneti, Drachm, imitative of Massalia, 3rd-2nd cent. BC, head of Artemis right, rev. lion in the form of a ferocious beast with long talons walking right, 2.70g/8h (Pautasso 1966, 472-80; BMC 21). Good style, very fine and toned
£150-200

Provenance: Italo Vecchi Auction 6, 9-10 June 1997, lot 59; C. Rudd FPL 56, March 2001 (1); DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 515; C. Morrison Collection