Details
LOT 2926
Paphlagonia, Sinope AR Siglos or Drachm. Circa 350/30-300 BC.
Persic standard. Anthes-, magistrate. Circa 360-320 BC. Head of nymph Sinope to left, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and sphendone; aphlaston before / ΣΙΝΩ beneath eagle flying to left clutching dolphin; ANΘ[...] under wing. RG 31 (Aiginetic standard); SNG BM Black Sea -. Near Very Fine. Test cuts. Very rare magistrate's name.(5.05gr, 22mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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