Details
LOT 2624
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-5; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(9.71gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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