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                                 Lot: 37

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            [Image]              CRETE: Praesus. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR hemidrachm.
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           ID, etc.)             CRETE. Praesus. Ca. 330–300 BC. AR hemidrachm (2.29 gm).
                                 Head of Kore-Persephone left, wreathed with grain leaves /
                                 ???, bee, rose bud to left. Svoronos 45, pl. xxviii, 16.
      Mail Bid Home Page         Traité pl. ccxlvi, 16. Very rare. Slightly rough surfaces.
                                 Toned. Good fine

                                 The bee alludes to a popular tale that Zeus, during his
                                 infancy in a Cretan cave, was fed honey by bees.

                                 Estimated Value: $ 1,100

 ... Lot was unsold.
 


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

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