Details
LOT 2901
Macedon, Akanthos AR Diobol. Circa 430-390 BC.
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Quadripartite incuse square; [A-K-A-N] in quadrants. SNG ANS 50; SNG Ashmolean 2218; HGC 3.1, 393. Near Extremely Fine.(0.92gr, 11mm.).
Provenance
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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