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Details
LOT 2626
Thrace, Apollonia Pontika AR Drachm. Late 5th-4th centuries BC.
Gorgoneion facing, with protruding tongue and snakes as hair / Upright anchor; in field to right, crayfish. SNG Copenhagen 453; SNG BM Black Sea 157 var. (no 'A'); HGC 3.2, 1323 var. (same). Good Very Fine.(3.28gr, 13mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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