Ancient Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3419 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $180
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PELOPONNESOS, Argolis, Argos, silver hemidrachm or Attic triobol, (470's/460's - 440's B.C.), (2.99 gm), obv. forepart of wolf at bay to left, with legs extended forward from body, rev. A, crossbar horizontal, in shallow incuse square, in upper part two relatively shallow square incuses, one large dot below the crossbar, (cf.S.2786, BCD 1024 [p.254, LHS 96], Traite I, 1200 [Pl.XXXVII, 23], BMC 9 variety [p.136]). Good very fine and very rare.
Ex BCD Collection and from a collector in March 1977 for 3500 drachmas.
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Estimate $180
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