Item Sold At Auction #26
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Lot Number: 62152
Estimate: $200.00
Final Sale Price: $275.00
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Denomination: Didrachm
Grade: VF toned
Reference: BMC Ionia -; SNG von Aulock 2034 var.

  Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Didrachm (5.26 gm). Rider with
  lance on horseback prancing right / MAGN, bull butting left; grain ear behind,
  magistrate NISAIOS-INHW; all within circular maeander pattern. Kinns, "Two Studies in
  The Silver Coinage of Magnesia on the Maeander," in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays, -; BMC
  Ionia -; SNG von Aulock 2034 var.(different magistrate, 2035 for drachm of same
  magistrate); SNG Copenhagen -. Toned VF, nice obverse strike, slight roughness.
  Apparently an unpublished magistrate for the didrachm. Estimate $200.

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