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Auction: 4026 - Ancient, English and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 104

Macedon, Akanthos (c. 475 B.C.), AR Tetradrachm, 17.43g., lion right, bull left; the lion, having lept on the bull, sinks its jaws in, while the bull turns its head back in reaction, È above, floral ornament in exergue, rev. quadripartite incuse square (cp. Desneux 79), shallow test-cut in exergue, very fine Estimate £ 550-650

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