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Lot 2454    SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG)    Gold

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au

IONIA, Phokaia, (c.521-478 B.C.), electrum hekte or sixth stater, (2.59 g), obv. archaic helmeted head of Athena to left, seal behind, rev. quadripartite incuse punch, (cf.S.4530, Bodenstedt 41, Pozzi 2506). Struck off centre on obverse, otherwise very fine and rare.

Ex Kunker eLive auction 72, lot 119. With tickets.^From a collection formed in 2006.

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    Estimate $600

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