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LOT 3073
Sicily, Syracuse AR 10 Litrai. Hieronymos, 215-214 BC. ΞΑ- (XA-), magistrate.
Diademed head of Hieronymos to left / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ IΕΡΩΝΥΜΟΥ, winged thunderbolt; ΞA above. Buceti 1572; Holloway 55; SNG ANS 1032; HGC 2, 1567. Extremely Fine. Attractive iridescent toning. Slightly double struck. Very rare with this magistrate's name.(8.48gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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