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LOT 2622
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. Good Fine. Rare variety with left facing head of Leukippos.(3.48gr, 16mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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