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LOT 2614
Achaia, Achaian League AR Triobol or Hemidrachm. Circa 88-30 BC.
Elis mint. Uncertain magistrate. Laureate head of Zeus to right; [magistrate's name] behind / Large monogram of AX; FA and monogram of XE across fields, uncertain monogram above, thunderbolt below; all within olive wreath with ties below and at the top. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 688 (Thrasyleon); HGC 5, 539. Near Very Fine.(1.96gr, 16mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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