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LOT 3083
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Diobol. Mid-late 4th century BC.
Facing gorgoneion / Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right. Topalov, Apollonia 56; SNG BM Black Sea 167. Good Very Fine. Expressive gorgoneion.(1.29gr, 11mm, 3h.).
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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