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11 October 2020
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Unpublished Hemidrachm form Chersonesos

Starting Price: 75 CHF
Hammer Price:  160 CHF
Lot 602

THRACE. Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 13.5 mm, 2.35 g, 1 h). Forepart of a lion to right, his head turned back to left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with two raised and two sunken squares; in one of the sunken squares, pellet with I; in the other, kantharos. BMC -. Dewing -. McClean -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG Dreer -. Weber -. Obolos 5, 2016, 86. Possibly unpublished with katharos. Very fine.



The Pellet-I group of Chersonesos hemidrachms is well known, but is seems this type with a kantharos symbol is at the least extremely rare if not hitherto unknown.

Online bidding closes: 11 Oct 2020, 19:01:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 13 Jul 2025, 09:33:51 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:160 CHF by LINGOES (4 bids)
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