Details
LOT 2894
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; in two sunken quarters: pellet, palm branch. BMC 10; McClean 4081. Very Fine.(2.22gr, 12mm.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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