Details
LOT 3065
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum AR Obol. Circa 350-325 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / M-A, trident; all within maeander circle. SNG Copenhagen 810; SNG von Aulock 2032 (helmet also wreathed). Very Fine.(0.76gr, 9mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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