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LOT 2888
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; ΠΑΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1271-1275; HGC 3.2, 1428. Very Fine.(10.10gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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