Details
LOT 2902
Macedon, Skione AE 20mm. Circa 400-350 BC.
Diademed male head to right / ΣΚΙΩΝΑΙ, Corinthian helmet to right; kantharos(?) before. Cf. SNG ANS 716. Near Very Fine.(6.62gr, 20mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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