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LOT 3186
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. ΦΙΛΩΝ (Philon), magistrate. 'Plinthophoric' coinage.
Radiate head of Helios to right / ΦIΛΩN, rose with bud to left; grain ear to lower right, P-O flanking; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 251; HN Online 175; HGC 6, 1461. 2.97gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Pleasant old cabinet tone. Small flan flaws.
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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