Details
LOT 2897
Thrace, Maroneia AE 17mm. 1st century BC.
Wreathed head of Dionysos to right / Dionysos standing to left, nude but for chlamys draped over his arm, holding grape bunch and two narthex stalks; ΜΑΡΩΝ[ΙΤΩΝ] downwards to right. HGC 3.2, 1541. Near Very Fine.(6.03gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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