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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €5,000
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Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Crete, Knossos. ND drachma (330–270 BC), Knossos.
Obverse: Head of Hera facing left, wearing earrings and a decorated wreath in her hair.
Reverse: ΚΝΩΣΙ / A - P. The labyrinth in the form of a square, with the entrance at the top.
Svoronos 70, pl. VI, 7 (same dies) – SNG Cop. 374; Silver – 5.2 g – 18.5 mm – 3 h
From the Numismatic Fine Arts XXXII auction, 10 June 1993, lot 61.
A fine nick on the edge at 8 o’clock. The strike is slightly off-centre on the reverse, with a few scratches in the field. A portrait of fine style. With a collector’s patina. TTB to Superb.
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