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Auction 95-96  24 Oct 2018
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Lot 345

Estimate: 1500 GBP
Price realized: 4500 GBP
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Ionia, Miletos, drachm, c. 340-325 BC, laureate head of Apollo left, rev., ΔΙΑΓΟΡΑΣ, lion standing left with head turned back; above, eight-pointed star; to left, Miletos monogram, 3.61g, die axis 1.00 (Demeester 122, this coin; Deppert 148, same obverse die but the magistrate Diagoras not recorded at Miletos), old scuff on reverse but otherwise good extremely fine and dark toned, an exceptional specimen. Provenance: Falm collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 82, 20 May 2015, lot 188 (previously purchased from Tradart, Brussels, in 1996); Nomos 12, 22 May 2016, lot 98 ("a truly spectacular example of this issue, perfectly struck, beautifully preserved and finely toned").
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