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LOT 3146
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left; to right, tunny downward / Head of roaring lion to left; retrograde K to upper left; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 15; SNG BN 380-4. Good Very Fine.(0.80gr, 11mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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