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LOT 3200

Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm. Circa 400-300 BC.

Bearded head of Priapos to right, wearing ivy-wreath / Σ-ΚH, filleted thyrsos; in field to right, eight-rayed star. BMC 24 var. (bunch of grapes); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; cf. Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques (1883), p. 266, 196 (symbol not visible); Obolos 39, 302. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished variant of a very rare type.(1.19gr, 12mm, 6h.).

Provenance

Acquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

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Unpublished Variant of a Rare Type

LOT 3200

Troas, Skepsis AE 12mm.

Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)

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