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Auction 26  21 May 2023
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Lot 199

Estimate: 350 CHF
Price realized: 650 CHF
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CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS. Phanagoreia. Circa 390 BC. Diobol (Silver, 10 mm, 1.04 g, 3 h). Head of one of the Kabeiroi to left, wearing a pilos with a laurel wreath. Rev. ΦΑΝΑ Forepart of a bull butting to left, his head facing; behind, grain of barley; all within a circular incuse. MacDonald, Bo. 24, 77. SNG BM 988. Rare. Nicely toned and clear. Good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.

Phanagoria was Greek colony founded by Ionians from Teos in c. 543 BC, and is on the Taman peninsula in Russia, opposite the Crimea (the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporos).
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