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LOT 3148
Mysia, Kyzikos AR Trihemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Forepart of boar to left with short mane and dotted truncation; to right, tunny fish upward / Head of roaring lion to left with bristling mane, outstretched tongue, and dotted truncation; all within incuse square. Von Fritze II 9; SNG BnF 361 & 365-6. Good Very Fine.(1.18gr, 11mm, 4h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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