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LOT 2406
Greek Coins - Sicily - Abranon - AE Litra 344-336 B.C.
Obv: laureate head of Apollo left. Rev: APOL beneath lyre with seven strings. About very fine. Excessively rare and sought after large Sicilian bronze.(21.96 grams, 31 mm.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
Literature
Sear 1015.
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