Details
LOT 2391
Ancient Greek Coins - Mysia - Kyzikos - Portrait Bronze 222-235 A.D.
Obv: KYZIKOC legend with head of Kyzikos right, hair bound in a taenia. Rev: KYZIKHNWN DIC NEOKORWN legend with altar between two serpent-entwined torches with corn-ears and poppy at the torch heads. Near very fine.(10.45 grams.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired Hirsch, Munich, before 2002.
Property of a Harrow, UK, gentleman.
Literature
von Fritze 37C in Nomisma X.
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