Details
LOT 2945
Lykian League, Masikytes AR Hemidrachm. Late 30s-27 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to right, [Λ]-Y across fields / Kithara of four strings; [M]-A across upper fields, filleted branch in lower left field; all within shallow incuse square. Troxell, Lycian League, Period IV, Series 5, 107; Müseler -. Near Very Fine.(1.81gr, 14mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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