Details
LOT 3240
Gandhara, AR Shana. c.500-331 BC.
Blank / Six-arm Taxila-Gandharan septa-radiate symbol. Pieper 11; ACW 4079-4080; HGC 12, 763. Very Fine.(1.39g, 16mm.).
Provenance
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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