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LOT 3062
Campania, Phistelia AR Obol. Circa 325-275 BC.
Male head facing slightly to right / Dolphin to right above barley grain and mussel shell; ethnic in Oscan below. Rutter p. 180, Ia; Sambon 831-8; HN Italy 613; SNG ANS 567-578; SNG Copenhagen 576; SNG BnF 1117-1128; HGC 1, 502. Very Fine.(0.61gr, 10mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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