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Cycladic Islands, Melos, stater, c. 420-416 BC, pomegranite with stem and two leaves, rev.,[?]??-

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Cycladic Islands, Melos, stater, c. 420-416 BC, pomegranite with stem and two leaves, rev.,[?]??-
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Cycladic Islands, Melos, stater, c. 420-416 BC, pomegranite with stem and two leaves, rev.,[?]??-ION, three dolphins swimming around central boss, 14.04g, horn silver, very fine and very rare

This coin published: C.M. Kraay, The Melos Hoard of 1907 Re-examined, NC 1964, 42c; SNG Lockett 2614. Other references: Jameson 1288; McClean 7263, pl. 246, 7, from the same dies; Jenkins 124. Provenance: Bank Leu 7, 9 May 1973, lot 188; Lockett collection, Glendining, London, 27 May 1959, lot 2087; Pozzi collection, Naville I, Lucerne, 14 March 1921, lot 2033; from the Melos hoard of 1907 (IGCH 27).

Cycladic Islands, Melos, stater, c. 420-416 BC, pomegranite with stem and two leaves, rev.,[?]??-ION, three dolphins swimming around central boss, 14.04g, horn silver, very fine and very rare

This coin published: C.M. Kraay, The Melos Hoard of 1907 Re-examined, NC 1964, 42c; SNG Lockett 2614. Other references: Jameson 1288; McClean 7263, pl. 246, 7, from the same dies; Jenkins 124. Provenance: Bank Leu 7, 9 May 1973, lot 188; Lockett collection, Glendining, London, 27 May 1959, lot 2087; Pozzi collection, Naville I, Lucerne, 14 March 1921, lot 2033; from the Melos hoard of 1907 (IGCH 27).

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