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Auction 86  24 May 2017
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Lot 26

Starting price: 8000 GBP
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Mysia, Kyzikos, electrum stater, c. 370 BC, head of young Dionysos left, hair wreathed with vine leaves; below truncation, tunny fish, rev., quadripartite incuse square, 15.96g, very fine and very rare. References: von Fritze 193, pl. 6, 5. SNG von Aulock 7317; Traité 2613, pl. 173, 22; Boston 1558; Kunstfreund 211. Provenance: Sabine Bourgey, Paris, private purchase. Note: The inspiration for the head of young Dionysos is possibly taken from a Phokaian hekte, as Bodenstedt 89, which he dated to around 400 BC. (10000 - 15000 GBP)
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