Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3246 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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EUBOIA, Chalcis, (338-303 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.598 grams), obv. head of Hera to right, with hair rolled, rev. eagle flying to right carrying snake in talons and beak, symbol of crescent above XA below, (S.2484, Picard Emission 7 [p.31, Pl.V 1b same dies], Lanz BCD Sale Catalogue 111, [lot 136]). Very fine and scarce.
Ex BCD Collection and previously from the W.P. Wallace Collection and ICGH 205.
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