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E-Sale 98  16 Jun 2022
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Lot 339

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 45 GBP
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Phrygia, Kibyra Æ 26mm. Pseudo-autonomous issue, circa 2nd - 3rd century AD. ΚΙΒΥΡΑ, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, with quiver over shoulder; wicker basket before / ΚΙΒΥΡΑ[ΤΩ]Ν, clasped hands. SNG Copenhagen 278 var. (arrangement or reverse legend; corr. bow before bust); SNG von Aulock -; BMC -; Naumann 55, 497. 10.89g, 26mm, 4h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other example on CoinArchives.

The symbol before Tyche's bust is the characteristic wicker basket which appears frequently on the coinage of Kibyra and may have been similar in sound to that of the name of the city (ΚΙΒΩΤΟΣ-ΚΙΒΥΡΑ).
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