Details
LOT 3160
Troas, Gentinos AE 11mm. Circa 350-300 BC.
Female head to right, wearing mural crown; crescent(?) before / Г-Е, bee in linear square. SNG Copenhagen 336 (crescent not mentioned); SNG Ashmolean 1141 (same). Very Fine. Very rare mint.(1.41gr, 11mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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