MDC Monnaies de Collection
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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202
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €400
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Cilicia, city unknown. Obol bearing the head of Bès ND (4th century BC), workshop unknown.
Obverse: Head of a woman facing forwards, wearing a pearl necklace (Arethusa?).
Reverse: Head of the god Bès facing forwards, with a shaggy beard, imposing eyebrows, two small horns, protruding ears and a hanging tongue, wearing a plume.
SNG Levante 233 – SNG Paris 486; Silver – 0.67 g – 9.5 mm – 9 h
Of remarkable quality with good centring and a particularly detailed reverse, featuring Bes, the protective deity of pregnant women in particular. Superb / Superb, Proof-like.
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