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LOT 2891
Sicily, Katane AE Chalkous. Late 3rd century BC.
Jugate busts of Serapis, laureate and wearing Atef crown and Isis, wearing signature headdress to right; [X (mark of value) before, grain ear behind] / Apollo standing facing, leaning on column, holding laurel branch and bow; quiver and omphalos to left; KATA-[NAIΩN] to either side. CNS III, 22; HGC 2, 609. Good Very Fine.(5.27gr, 18mm, 7h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH, Auction 8, 27 November 2022, lot 12 (company's ticket included).
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