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LOT 2939
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm. Circa 120-100 BC.
Draped male bust to right, with bare head and wings at temples / Cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri, each with eight-rayed star above; ΑΜΑΣ-ΣΕΙΑΣ across lower fields. SNG Stancomb 655; SNG BM Black Sea 1046-7; HGC 7, 225. Good Very Fine.(3.89gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a UK gallery.
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LOT 2939
Pontos, Amaseia AE 18mm.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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