Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2597 SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH NOV) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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CYPRUS, Salamis, AE 12mm, (c.4th century B.C.), attributed to Evagoras II by some scholars, (2.09 g), obv. head of Athena left wearing crested Athenian helmet, shoulders draped, rev. forepart of bull kneeling left; **S* before, (S.5828, Tziambazis 131, SNG Cop. 60, BMC 75, Trait? II 1194, [pl. CXXVIII, 32], Weber 7735 [This Coin, illustrated]). Very fine and very rare, only four other examples on Coin Archives.
Ex Virgil Brand Collection, sold by Sotheby's, London, 25 October 1984 Part 7, (lot 331), previously coming from the Hermann Weber Collection 1924.
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