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LOT 2626
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 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; ΔΑ in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1257-62; HGC 3.2, 1428. Very Fine.(11.10gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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