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LOT 3165
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235
Aeolis, Kyme AR Tetradrachm. Circa 155-143 BC. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΣ (Olympios), magistrate. Stephanophoric type.
Head of the Amazon Kyme to right, wearing taenia / ΚΥΜΑΙΩΝ, horse prancing to right; one-handled cup below, ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟC in exergue; all within laurel wreath. E-E&E-Ö, Phase II, 9, no. 18 (same obverse die); Oakley obv. die 51; BMC 80; SNG Copenhagen -. 16.61gr, 30mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Die break on obverse.
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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AUCTIONS:
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