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Lot 3263 SESSION 11 (Friday at 9.30am) Greek
Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $450
ITALY, Bruttium, Croton (Kroton), (420-390 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm (7.792 grams), obv. eagle standing to left, on olive-branch, head raised and flapping its wings, rev. tripod-lebes with neck and three handles, [K]PO to left, in field to right **D*, (S.472, ACNAC Dewing 509, SNG Munich 1451, BMC 79-80, SNG ANS 364-5, Gale 50). Toned, slightly off centred, very fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 54 (lot 1631). It should be noted that it was with this issue that the transition took place with the K in the city name replacing the archaic letter Q (Koppa).
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