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Bithynia, Kalchedon, drachm, c. 480-460 BC, diademed head left of (?) Kalchas, the city’s f
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Bithynia, Kalchedon, drachm, c. 480-460 BC, diademed head left of (?) Kalchas, the city’s founder, with slightly wavy hair and beard, rev., wheel of four spokes, 4.48g, of exceptional late archaic style, some light horn silver on reverse, extremely fine and extremely rare
References: SNG von Aulock 6980 var. (= Leu 81, 2001, 239); unrecorded in Rec. Gen. but cf. p. 290, 1 and pl. 45, 9 for triobol of similar type. Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen 41, Basel, 18 June 1970, lot 123 (illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue).
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Bithynia, Kalchedon, drachm, c. 480-460 BC, diademed head left of (?) Kalchas, the city’s founder, with slightly wavy hair and beard, rev., wheel of four spokes, 4.48g, of exceptional late archaic style, some light horn silver on reverse, extremely fine and extremely rare
References: SNG von Aulock 6980 var. (= Leu 81, 2001, 239); unrecorded in Rec. Gen. but cf. p. 290, 1 and pl. 45, 9 for triobol of similar type. Provenance: Münzen und Medaillen 41, Basel, 18 June 1970, lot 123 (illustrated on the front cover of the catalogue).
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