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LOT 2663
Ionia, Miletos AR 1/48 Stater or Tetartemorion. Circa 525-500 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head turned back to left / Bird standing to left within incuse square. Klein 430; SNG Kayhan 940-3 (Mylasa); SNG Keckman I 926-7 (Myalasa); SNG Tübingen 3001. Very Fine.(0.21gr, 5mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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