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Ancients Auction 21  –  24 April 2025

The Coin Cabinet, Ancients Auction 21

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Coins - 20% BP

Th, 24.04.2025, from 3:00 PM CEST
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Description

★ Possibly The Finest Extant Example ★

ANCIENT GREECE. CYPRUS, KOURION. Uncertain King.
Bronze AE13, circa 400-350 BC.
Obv: laureate head (of Apollo?) facing slightly left, drapery around neck. Rev: kithara, EYA to left.

Very Fine; some cleaning marks to reverse, otherwise seemingly finer than all examples on CoinArchives, including CNG E-570, lot 133, which sold for 750 USD; possibly the finest extant example.

Acquired from Parthenon Gallery Ltd, London (5/6/2003).

Reference: Destrooper-; Zapiti & Michaelidou-; Tziambazis-38.
Rarity: Very Rare.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 13 mm.
Weight: 2.45 g.
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Price realized 390 GBP
Starting price 100 GBP
Estimate 200 GBP
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