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LOT 2884
Sicily, Syracuse AE 16mm. Time of Hieron II, circa 269-240 BC.
Laureate head of Apollo to left / Horse galloping to right; [ΙΕΡΩΝΟΣ] in exergue. CNS II, 203; HGC 2, 1552. Near Very Fine.(3.52gr, 16mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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