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Lot 3258 SESSION 11 (Friday at 9.30am) Greek
Estimate $400
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SOLD $350
ITALY, Bruttium, Caulonia, silver stater, 460-450 B.C. (Kraay chronology), (7.022 grams), obv. Apollo naked walking to right, before him a small stag standing to right, looking back, KAV**L* behind downwards reversed, rev. stag standing to right, before a sapling growing, KAV retrograde above, (S.462, SNG ANS 181 [same dies], Naville Sale V [British Museum duplicates, sold June 1923 (lot 656 same dies], Noe 96 [same dies]). Odd shape, very fine and rare.
Noe notes that this rare series with this die combination is known for five examples and two only not in any public collection.
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