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Details
LOT 3042
Colchis, Dioskourias AE 16mm. Circa 105-90 BC.
Caps of the Dioskouroi surmounted by stars / [ΔI-OΣ]-KOY-PIA-Δ-OΣ, thyrsos. SNG BM Black Sea 1021; SNG Stancomb 638; HGC 7, 205. Very Fine.(4.51gr, 16mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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