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15 June 2019
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A rare bilingual drachm for Crete

Starting Price: 45 CHF
Hammer Price:  260 CHF
Lot 504

CRETE. Koinon of Crete. Trajan, 98-117. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 2.38 g, 5 h), Rome, struck for use on Crete. IMP CAES NER TRAIA OPTIM AVG GER DAC PART Laureate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery over his far shoulder. Rev. ΔΙΚΤΥΝΝΑ / ΚΡΗΤ Diktynna seated left on rock, drawing arrow from quiver with her right hand and holding infant Zeus on her left arm; to left and right, armed kouretes. BMC 16. RPC III 13. Svoronos, Numismatique 4 (Dictynna). SNG Copenhagen 578. Woytek, pp. 419-24, 1. Very rare. Rough areas, otherwise, good fine.

Online bidding closes: 2 Jul 2019, 20:12:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 06:16:22 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:260 CHF by MailBidder1745 (8 bids)
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