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Details
LOT 2664
Islands off Caria. Rhodos, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88-84 BC. Uncertain magistrate. Plinthophoric standard.
Radiate head of Helios to right / [...]ΔΡΟΣ(?), rose with bud to right; P-O flanking; all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1461. Fine.(1.89gr, 14mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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