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LOT 2629
Troas, Ilion AR Tetradrachm. Circa 185-50 BC.
ΑΠΗΜΑΝΤΟΣ (Apemantos), president of the agonothetai. Head of Athena to right, wearing laureate and triple-crested Attic helmet / AΘΗΝΑΣ ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ, The Palladion: Athena Ilias standing to right, wearing polos and chiton, holding distaff in left hand, filleted spear over right shoulder; to right, owl standing to right, head facing; monogram of ΔΗΜΗΤΡIOY to inner left; ΑΠΗΜΑΝΤΟΥ in exergue. Ellis-Evans dies O8/R- (unlisted monogram and reverse die); Bellinger T43-4 var. (same obverse die as illustration; different monogram). Near Very Fine. Very rare with this monogram.(14.97gr, 37mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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