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LOT 3073
Western Asia Minor, uncertain mint (Kyme?) AR Fraction. Circa 5th century BC.
Head of horse to right, neck ending in beaded truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. SNG Kayhan 745 (head to left; uncertain Ionian or Karian mint); cf. Klein 332 (Kyme, Aeolis); cf. Tzamalis 88 (cruder style; Thraco-Macedonian mint); CNG e466, 120; Roma e88, 398. Near Very Fine. Rare.(0.54g, 8mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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