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LOT 2894
Thrace, Byzantion in alliance with Kalchedon AE 27mm. 300-200 BC.
Veiled and wreathed head of Demeter to right / ΒΥZΑN ΚΑΛΧΑΔ, Poseidon seated to right on rock, holding aphlaston with right hand and transverse trident with left; ΗΡ monogram in inner right field. Schönert-Geiss 1263-1270; HGC 3.2, 1428. Good Very Fine.(10.82gr, 27mm, 12h.).
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Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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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. 9.37gr, 28mm, 12h.
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