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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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798
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €800
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Thrace, Maroneia. Tetradrachm ND (168–45 BC), Maroneia.
Obverse: Youthful head of Dionysus facing right, crowned with ivy and vine branches.
Rev. ∆IONYΣOY ΣOTEPOΣ / MAPONITΩN. Dionysus, naked, standing facing left, holding a bunch of grapes and two arrows; in the field, on the left (mint mark) and on the right: Θ.
HGC 3.2, 1556 – Dewing 1295 – Schönert-Geiss 1111; Silver – 15.78 g – 30.5 mm – 12 h
From the collection of Dr Walter Stoecklin (1888–1975), Nomos Auction 14, 17 May 2017, lot 83.
NGC Ch XF 3/5 4/5 (8234216-009).
The slightly off-centre strike is in high relief. A delicate collector’s patina displays bluish highlights. Superb.
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