Details
LOT 3293
Uncertain Greek AE 27mm. After circa 2nd century BC.
Female veiled head to right / Big circular countermark containing tripod, TE(?) to right, bird to left. Very Fine.(13.92gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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