Details
LOT 3073
Lydia, Sardeis AE 17mm. Circa 2nd-1st centuries BC. ΗΡΑΙΟΣ (Heraios), magistrate.
Laureate bust of young Herakles to right, lion's skin tied around neck / ΣΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ ΗΡΑΙΟΣ, nude Apollo standing to left, holding bird and laurel branch; monogram of NωTE before; all within laurel wreath. GRPC Lydia 86; SNG Copenhagen 493; BMC Lydia pg. 240, 36; Waddington 5202. Very Fine.(6.50gr, 17mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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