Details
LOT 3142
Mysia, Adramyteion as Agathokleia AE 16mm. Circa 287-282 BC.
Diademed male head to right / ΑΓΑΘΟ, owl standing to right, head facing; uncertain countermark. CN Online 50369; Stancomb, Agathopolis: A mint on the Black Sea Coast, 2-3; Tekin, Agathocles and Adramyteum, 36. Near Very Fine. Rarely counterarked issue of Adramyteion as Agathokleia.(3.68gr, 16mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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