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Details
LOT 3049
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Obol. Circa 600-525 BC.
Head of tunny to right, superimposed on head of bull to right / Quadripartite incuse square. For a similar example cf. CNG 88, 290, otherwise unpublished. Very Fine.(0.72gr, 9mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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