Details
LOT 2876
Apulia, Arpi AE 21mm. Circa 325-275 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to left / Boar charging to right; spear-head above, ΑΡΠΑ[ΝΩΝ] in exergue. HN Italy 642; HGC 1, 534. Near Very Fine.(7.57gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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