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LOT 3144
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 550-500 BC.
Head of tunny fish to right; two pellets to left and one below / Quadripartite incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe I 2, Tafel V 2; cf. SNG von Aulock 7324 (obol). Very Fine. Very rare.(0.25gr, 6mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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