Details
LOT 3077
Phrygia, Eumeneia AE 22mm. Circa after 133 BC. Uncertain magistrate.
Helmeted head of Athena to right / EYME-NEΩN, Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. Cf. BMC 7-8 (Diophan-, magistrate). Near Very Fine.(7.16gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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