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LOT 2656
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 25mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN[...] ΚΑΛΧΑ[...], Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-1262; HGC 3.2, 1428. Extremely Fine.(10.80gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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