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LOT 9238216

Estimate
GBP (£) 20 - 30
EUR (€) 23 - 35
USD ($) 27 - 40

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)

Lucania, Metapontion AE 16mm. Circa 225-220 BC.

Head of Leukippos to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / [ΜΕ]ΤΑ, Demeter standing facing, holding long cross-torch in her right hand and resting her left on her hip; to left, barley ear. Johnston, Bronze, 67; HN Italy 1703; SNG München 1019; SNG ANS 561. 3.48gr, 16mm, 10h.

Good Fine. Rare variety with left facing head of Leukippos.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

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