Details
LOT 3071
Sicily, Syracuse AE Hemilitron. Circa 241-230 or 230-218 BC.
Laureate head to left; plow(?) before / Warrior on horse prancing to right, holding couched lance; T below; IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. Cf. CNS 193 Ds 57 R1 32; cf. BAR Issue 61; HGC 2, 1547. Near Extremely Fine. Magnificent green patina.(17.82gr, 27mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr. (v59_0012).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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