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LOT 3145

Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 530-500 BC.

Dolphin over tunny fish swimming to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG ΒnF -. Near Extremely Fine. Unpublished type and denomination for Kyzikos.(0.45gr, 7mm.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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Exceptional Archaic Hemiobol

LOT 3145

Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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