Details
LOT 2748
Seleukis and Pieria, Chalkis ad Libanon AE 20mm. Circa 36-20 BC.
Zenodoros tetrarch and archiereus, struck 27/6 BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right; NE downwards behind / ΖΗΝΟ-ΔΩΡΟΥ, Nike walking to right, holding wreath and palm. RPC I, 4776; Sofaer 58. Near Very Fine. Very rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG, e-203, 190).(7.02gr, 20mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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