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Electronic Auction 352 3 June 2015
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THRACE, Abdera. Circa 336-311 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.37 g, 10h). Pytho[...], magistrate. Griffin springing left / Laureate head of Apollo in linear square; EΠI ΠYΘ-Ω[?] around. C-N 189 corr. (D1/R1; magistrate); otherwise unpublished. Fine, toned, slight granularity, some roughness on obverse. Very rare.
The lower part of the reverse legend is completely off the flan on the C-N 189 piece, but there is enough visible on the present coin to conclude that the reading in C-N is incorrect, and this is not an issue of the magistrate Pythes. Nonetheless, the type and legend configuration clearly places it among the issues of Period IX.
The lower part of the reverse legend is completely off the flan on the C-N 189 piece, but there is enough visible on the present coin to conclude that the reading in C-N is incorrect, and this is not an issue of the magistrate Pythes. Nonetheless, the type and legend configuration clearly places it among the issues of Period IX.