Details
LOT 3163
Troas, Larissa-Ptolemais AE 21mm. 4th century BC.
Bearded male head to right / ΛΑΡΙΣΑΙ, amphora; grain ear to right. BMC 1 (Larissa Phrikonis in Aeolis); Robert L., Études de numismatique grecque, pl. 4, 6-7. Very Fine. Very rare.(8.67gr, 21mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Ex Münzzentrum Rheinland.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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