CYCLADIC ISLANDS. Paros. Ca. 500-497/5 BC. AR drachm (17mm, 5.88 gm). NGC AU S 5/5 - 4/5. Goat kneeling right on ground line / Quadripartite incuse square. P. Lederer, Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde, SNR 30, 1943, 29 (this coin). Sheedy 72 (this coin). HGC 6, 653. Handsome, artistic goat, framed by lovely cabinet toning. Ex collections of Baron L. Thyssen-Bornemisza and T. S. Kaplan (Nomos AG, Auction 19, 17 November 2019), lot 120; NGSA IX (14 December 2015), lot 54; R. Wehrli Collection, private purchase from Frauenfeld, acquired prior to 1940; Paros Hoard of 1937 (IGCH 13)

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