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Auction: 23108 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 31: Ancient Coins from the Kyrios Collection and Other Properties - e-Auction
Lot: 1307

A Greek Selection, from Ionia to Italy (6): i) Ionia, Miletos c. 525-494 BC, AR 1/12 Stater, forepart of lion left, rev. stellate pattern in incuse square, 1.24g (SNG Aulock-2080), well centred, nicely toned, good very fine; ii) Thrace, Chersonesos, (c.386-338 BC) AR Hemidrachm, forepart of lion right, head left, rev. quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters, pellet and monogram in one quarter, pentagram opposite, 2.27g (McClean 4071; HGC 3.2, 1437), toned with some softening, good very fine; iii) Thrace, Apollonia Pontica, (c. 375-335 BC), AR Diobol, laureate head of apollo facing, rev. upright anchor, A below left fluke, crayfish below right, 1.09g (SNG BM Black Sea, 167), dark tone, very fine; iv) Boeotia, Thespiai, (early-mid 4th century BC), AR Obol, Boeotian shield, rev. THES above crescent, 0.89g (BCD Boiotia 598; HGC 4, 1402), toned, good very fine; v) Sikyonia, Sikyon, (170-150 BC) AR Hemidrachm, dove flying right, rev. large S in incuse square, OLYMPIADAS in three lines, 2.51g (BMC 197), lightly toned, near extremely fine; vi) Sicily, Syracuse (c.405-375 BC) AE Hemilitron, head of Arethusa left, rev. eight-pointed star in incuse circle at centre of a quadripartite incuse square, 4.82g (CNS II, 16; SNG ANS 398-402; HGC 2, 1481), dark patina with some softening, near very fine (6)

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