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LOT 3140
Kings of Paphlagonia, Pylaemenes II or III AE 22mm. Circa 133-103 BC.
Bust of Pylaemenes as Herakles to right; club over shoulder, lion skin around neck / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΛΑΙΜΕΝΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ, Nike standing to left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left. SNG BM Black Sea 1552; SNG Copenhagen 321; SNG von Aulock 149. Good Very Fine.(4.66gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 57, 30 May 2019, lot 493.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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