Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3920 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $190
THRACE, Byzantion, (c.340-320 B.C.), silver siglos (Persian standard), (5.19 g), obv. cow standing to left, on dolphin to left, foreleg raised, above **PU*, rev. quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, (S.1579, SNG BMC Black Sea 21ff. [siglos], SNG Cop. 476, HGC 3, 1389). Nearly extremely fine, scarce in this condition.
Ex Giessener Munzhandlung, Dieter Gorny, Munich c.1995, with dealer ticket.^A similar piece (in this sale) was struck for the twin city Kalchedon on the other side of the Bosphorus.
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