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LOT 2628
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 386-338 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head reverted to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and uncertain design in opposite sunken quarters. HGC 3.2, 1437. Very Fine.(2.28gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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