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LOT 2646
Kingdom of Macedon, Demetrios I Poliorketes AE 12mm. Struck circa 300-295 BC. Salamis mint.
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet adorned with bull's horn / Prow of galley to right; BA above, monogram of MNOY below. Newell, Demetrius 20; SNG Alpha Bank 954-5; SNG Copenhagen 1194; Lindgren 1306; Tziambazis 25. Near Very Fine.(2.33gr, 12mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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