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LOT 2891
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 26mm. 300-200 BC.
Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑNT ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left. Schönert-Geiss 1276-82; HGC 3.2, 1428. Very Fine.(9.54gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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