Details
LOT 2915
Illyria, Dyrrhachion AR Drachm. Circa 250-200 BC.
ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ (Meniskos) and ΑΡΧΙΠΠΟΣ (Archippos), magistrates. Cow standing to right, head reverted, suckling calf; MENIΣKO[Σ] above, rudder in exergue / Double stellate pattern in double linear quadrangle; ΔYP AP-[XIΠ-ΠOY] around. Ceka 318; Maier 144; HGC 3, 40. Near Very Fine.(3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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