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LOT 3054
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500-450 BC.
Forepart of boar to left, retrograde K on shoulder; to right, tunny fish upwards / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, and dotted truncation, in upper left field, facing head of panther; all within incuse square. Von Fritze, Nomisma IX Kyzikos, Gruppe II 13; SNC BnF 386. Near Very Fine.(0.33gr, 9mm, 2h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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