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Auction 26 21 May 2023
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ARKADIA. Thelpusa. Circa 370-350 BC. Obol (Silver, 12 mm, 0.84 g, 5 h). Head of Demeter Erinys to right, wering earring and necklace and with her hair is disorder; below chin, Θ. Rev. EPIΩN The horse Areion prancing to right, with trailing reins. BCD Peloponnesos 1758 (this coin). BMFA 1274 (this coin). McClean 7026 (same dies). SNG Copenhagen 318 (same dies). Very rare. Toned but with slightly porous surfaces, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions and from the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8 May 2006, 1758, from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980, 185, and from the collection of C. Page Perkins, donated to the BMFA in 1901 (01.5509).
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions and from the BCD Collection, LHS 96, 8 May 2006, 1758, from the collection of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980, 185, and from the collection of C. Page Perkins, donated to the BMFA in 1901 (01.5509).