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LOT 2644
Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon AE 22mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC.
ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡΧΟΣ (Polemarchos), magistrate. Laureate and draped bust of Artemis (or Apollo) to right, with bow and quiver at shoulder; AΘH (retrograde) behind, palm branch before / Athena Nikephoros standing to left, holding shield; ΠΟΛΕΜΑΡ-ΧΟΥ downwards in two vertical lines to right, CΕΛΕΥΚ-ΕΩΝ downwards in two vertical lines to left. SNG Levante -; SNG Levante Supp. -; SNG BnF -; BMC Lycaonia 15. Very Fine. Very rare.(6.83gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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