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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #21
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                Lot Number: 61428
                Estimate: $500.00
                Final Sale Price: $319.00
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                Denomination: Diobol
                Grade: VF
                Reference: Babelon Traité pl. 290, 7-8; cf. Thessaly pg. 36, 2




  Thessaly, Metropolis. Circa 400-344 BC. AR Diobol (2.27 gm). Female head, facing
  slightly left; dove to left, Nike on right / Dionysus walking left holding kantharos
  and thyrsos. Babelon Traité pl. 290, 7-8; cf. Thessaly pg. 36, 2 (different reverse,
  denomination). VF, light porosity. Rare. Estimate $500.

  A similar Trihemiobol realized $1500 in Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 201.



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