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LOT 0600
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion
150-149 B.C.
3 5/8 in. (362 grams, 93 x 70mm.).
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; the reverse blank.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteraturePondera Online -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; Rochesnard -.
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LOT 0600
Seleukis and Pieria, Laodicea ad Mare(?) Lead Weight of 1/2 Mna or Hemimnaion
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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