Item Sold At Auction #7
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Web Product ID: 668
Estimate: $75.00
Final Sale Price: $37.40
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Denomination: 20mm
Grade: Good Fine green-earthen patina
Reference: Kroll 144


  Attica, Athens. 32 BC. Æ 20mm (6.11 gm). Laureate head of Zeus / Head of Dionysos
  wearing ivy wreath. Kroll 144; Svoronos pl. 25, 36. Near VF, dark green patina. Rare!
  Estimate $75.

  Kroll dates this issue to the time of Antony's and Cleopatra's stay in Athens during
  the summer of 32 BC. The head of Zeus is in the Ptolemaic style and represents Egypt,
  while Dionysos represents Antony.


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