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LOT 2892
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Time of Hieronymos, circa 215-214 BC.
Diademed head to left / BAΣIΛEOΣ IEPΩNYMOY, winged thunderbolt; ΑΦ above. HGC 2, 1567. Very Fine.(8.17gr, 22mm, 9h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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