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EPIRUS KINGDOM. Pyrrhus (ca. 297-272 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.01 gm, 4h). Choice XF, chipped, horn silver. Attic standard, Epizephyrean Locrus, ca. 278 BC. Head of Zeus Naeus of Dodona left, wearing oak wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΠYPPOY, Dione enthroned half front, transverse scepter in right hand, raising himation with left over shoulder. HGC 3.1, 261 var (no monograms). BMC Thessaly 6-7 (same). Boston 944. Very rare. Magnificent Hellenistic style portrait. Significant edge chipping, but most details remain.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD
EPIRUS KINGDOM. Pyrrhus (ca. 297-272 BC). AR tetradrachm (30mm, 16.01 gm, 4h). Choice XF, chipped, horn silver. Attic standard, Epizephyrean Locrus, ca. 278 BC. Head of Zeus Naeus of Dodona left, wearing oak wreath / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΠYPPOY, Dione enthroned half front, transverse scepter in right hand, raising himation with left over shoulder. HGC 3.1, 261 var (no monograms). BMC Thessaly 6-7 (same). Boston 944. Very rare. Magnificent Hellenistic style portrait. Significant edge chipping, but most details remain.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-2000 USD