Details
LOT 3047
Paphlagonia, Sinope AE 22mm. Circa 85-65 BC.
Laureate head of Zeus to right /ΣΙΝΩΠΗΣ, eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly to left, head to right, on thunderbolt; monogram of ETA to left, star to right. SNG BM Black Sea 1547-9; HGC 7, 421. Good Very Fine. Earthern brown patina.(6.49gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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