Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 5001 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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CENTRAL GREECE, Phocis, silver triobol, (c.478-460 B.C.), (3.072 grams), Period II, obv. bull's head facing, rev. archaic head of Artemis to right on angle in incuse square, **F O* - K I around, (S.2346, BMC 13 [same dies], Williams 79 [obv.58, rev.46]). Obverse porosity, otherwise fine/very fine and rare.
Williams reports only three coin from these dies these all being in public collections. This type is distinctive with the reverse die set at a diagonal to the incuse square.
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