Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1261. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BITHYNIA, Herakleia Pontika. Circa 305-281 BC. AR Didrachm (9.75 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Dionysos seated left, holding kantharos and thyrsos; monogram to left. RG 44 var. (position of monogram); cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1616-7; cf. SNG von Aulock 366; cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 295. VF, toned, obverse softly struck, reverse a little off center. Very rare.