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Auction 24  22 May 2022
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Lot 154

Estimate: 8000 CHF
Price realized: 16 000 CHF
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CYCLADES, Kythnos. Circa 475-460 BC. Third stater (Silver, 16 mm, 4.01 g). Boar's head to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Jameson 2315 (this coin, attributed to Lycia). A. K. Kyrou, D. N. Artemis, The Silver Coinage of Kythnos in the Early Fifth Century BC, Studies Price, pl. 51, 20 var. Sheedy 30a (this coin). Very rare. Nicely toned. Minor die break on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of R. Maly, LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 269, acquired from Sternberg in June 1971, ex Hess-Leu 24, 16 April 1964, 209 (as uncertain Ionia), from the collection of R. Jameson and, supposedly, from the Taranto Hoard of 1911 (IGCH 1874).
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