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ancient classic artifacts coins numismatic roman greek

                                 Lot: 35

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            [Image]              CRETE: Polyrhenium. Ca. 200 BC. AR diobol.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Polyrhenium. Ca. 200 BC. AR diobol (1.22 gm). Facing
                                 bust of Artemis, wearing stephane, pendant earrings, and
                                 necklace, bow and quiver over right shoulder / ????—PH /
      Mail Bid Home Page         ???? (PH in monogram), Apollo standing left, holding
                                 arrow(?) in extended right hand and bow in left, chlamys
                                 hanging from back. Svoronos 43, pl. xxvi, 22. Very rare.
                                 Toned. Nearly very fine

                                 As at Cydonia, early coins depicting Dictynna with no
                                 identifiable attributes gave way to coins with a canonical
                                 representation of Artemis huntress. In both cases the coins
                                 must reflect the assimilation of Dictynna (Britomartis) to
                                 Artemis.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 1,250

 ... Lot was unsold.
 


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

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.