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                                 Lot: 34

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            [Image]              CRETE: Polyrhenium. Ca. 330–270 BC. AR hemidrachm.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Polyrhenium. Ca. 330–270 BC. AR hemidrachm (2.14 gm).
                                 Head of Dictynna left, wearing bead necklace and pendant
                                 earring, hair confined in sakkos / Filleted bull head
      Mail Bid Home Page         facing. Svoronos 16, pl. xxvi, 5. Le Rider pl. xxix, 8.
                                 Overstruck on a tetrobol of Argos. Very rare. Some porosity.
                                 Toned. Very fine

                                 According to Strabo, the Dictynnaeum or temple of Dictynna
                                 atop Mt. Tityrus was regarded as the holy site of Cydonia,
                                 but was actually located in the territory of Polyrhenium.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 1,100

 ... Lot was unsold.
 


From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, Closed August 25th, 2006.

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