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Auction X  13 January 2013
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Lot 110

Estimate: 1000 USD
Price realized: 2800 USD
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Ionia. Phocaea. c. 550-480 BC. EL Hecte, 2.59g. Obv: Forepart of man-headed, bearded bull left, truncation dotted. Behind, seal swimming downwards. Rx: Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 16. Traite II 2, 2094, pl. CLVIII, 5. EF.

The man-headed bull is likely to be the river god Acheloos. A kindred representation can be found on coins of Cyzicus (Gulbenkian Coll. 607).
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