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LOT 3539
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion. Circa 150-149 BC.
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ (Apollonios), agoranomos. Dated Seleucid Era 163 (150/149 BC). ΑΠΟΛΛധΝΙΟΥ Τ Ο Υ TA[...]OY [...] ꞀΞΡ (date) in five lines, two crossed cornucopiae below, monogram(?) to left / Blank (letters in central field?). Pondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -; CPAI -. Condition as seen. Suspension tab.3 5/8 in. (362gr, 93mm x 70mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3539
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Commercial PB Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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