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LOT 2881
Calabria, Tarentum AE 17mm. Alexander the Molossian, King of Epeiros, circa 342-334 BC.
Eagle standing to right; tripod to left, laurel spray to right / Thunderbolt, ΑΛΕΞΑ TOY NE to right and left, all within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 90; Vlasto, Alexander, Son of Neoptolemos of Epirus, (NC, 1926), type 16. Very Fine. Very rare.(3.85gr, 17mm, 8h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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