Details
LOT 3159
Troas, Birytis AE 19mm. 4th-3rd centuries BC.
Head of Kabeiros to left, wearing pilos; stars flanking / B-I P-Y and club within wreath. SNG Ashmoleon 1073; SNG Copenhagen 247-8. Near Extremely Fine.(4.38gr, 19mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Ex cgb.fr. (bgr_284332).
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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