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LOT 2897

Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 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; HP monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.58gr, 26mm, 12h.).

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Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 2897

Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £60

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