Details
LOT 3097
Thrace, Mesambria AR Diobol. 4th century BC.
Crested helmet facing / M-E-T-A within spokes of wheel; rays around. Karayotov I 37-94; HGC 3, 1560. Good Very Fine.(0.86gr, 10mm.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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