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Numismatic Auction 77  9 Oct 2018
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Lot 3

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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Sicily, Syracuse. Heiron II . 275-215 B.C. AE obol / Italian litra (26.62 mm, 17.62 g, 12 h). Ptolemaic mint in Sicily. Time of Ptolemy II Philadelphos, 285-246. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣ[ΙΛΕΟΣ], eagle standing left, head left, wings open; in field, shield, between legs, nothing. Svoronos 610. EF, dark green-brown patina.

This is the Sicilian Ptolemaic issue which departs dramatically from the artistic standards of the Egyptian mints.
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