Details
LOT 3094
Thrace, Chersonesos AR Hemiobol. Circa 500 BC.
Forepart of lion to right, head to left / Quadripartite incuse square. Traité I 1801; HGC 3, 1436. Good Fine. Rare.(0.31gr, 7mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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