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LOT 2949
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AE 21mm. Circa 145-early 1st century BC. ΕΥΚΛΗΣ and ΚΡΑΤΙΝΟΣ (Eukles and Kratinos), magistrates.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / MAΓΝ-Η[ΤΩΝ], warrior, holding spear, on horse galloping to right; I(?) to left, ΕΥΚΛΗΣ ΚΡΑTΙΝΟΣ below. Cf. SNG Kayhan 429-31 (N to left). Very Fine.(10.27gr, 21mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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