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Details
LOT 2629
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemidrachm. Circa 357-320 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet and monogram in one sunken quarter, [pellet?] and pentagram in opposite quarter. Cf. CN Online Type 6355; HGC 3, 1437. Very Fine.(2.22gr, 13mm, 3h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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