Details
LOT 3150
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of winged boar to left with long mane; to right, [tunny fish] / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, crescent; all within incuse square. Von Fritze -; SNG BnF -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Weber -; SNG Tübingen 2214. Very Fine. Very rare type(0.46gr, 7mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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