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Auction 88  8 October 2015
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Lot 426

Estimate: 2500 CHF
Price realized: 4500 CHF
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Auction 88 Part I
Greek Coins
Caria, Caunus

Hemidrachm circa 490-470, AR 2.84 g. Winged Iris, with outstretched hand, kneeling-running r., head turned back; two scrolls curling up from the top of her head. Rev. Griffin standing l., r. forepaw raised, within incuse square with dotted border. Waddington 4355 (this reverse die). Konuk, Studies Price, pl. 47, cf. 21 (O - / R 5). Troxell, Winged Carians, pl. 31 cf. 14 (triobol). SNG Kayhan 793.
Rare and in exceptional condition for the issue, possibly the finest specimen known.
Struck on an unusually good metal and extremely fine

Ex Tkalec sale 23 October 1998, 60.



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