Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3251 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday 20th November) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $650
THRACE, Maroneia, (c.189 - 145 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.76 g), obv. head of young Dionysos to right, wreathed with ivy and band across forehead, rev. Dionysos naked standing to left, holding grapes and two narthex wands, to right **DIONUSOU*, to left **SWTHROS*, below **MAPWNITWN*, monograms to left and right below, (cf.S.1635, Schonert-Geiss 1147 [Obv.50, rev. 156], BMC 128 [same dies]). Large flan, attractive style, extremely fine and rare.
Ex Numismatik Lanz, Munchen, Auktion 121, November 22, 2004 (lot 147).
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