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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €800
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Ionia, Phocaea. Hecté of electrum (one-sixth of a stater) ND (478–387 BC), Phocaea.
Obverse: Head of a nymph facing left, with hair held in an ampyx and wearing earrings; [below, a seal].
Reverse: Quadripartite hollow square.
Bodenstedt 94; Electrum – 2.55 g – 10 mm – 12 h
From the Numismatica Ars Classica 77 auction, 26 May 2014, lot 68.
Beautifully styled, with flowing hair on the obverse, inspired by Syracuse. Well centred and showing little wear. The colour is pale. Superb.
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