Triton XVII, Lot: 247. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PAPHLAGONIA, Kromna. 4th century BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.55 g, 11h). Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of Hera left, wearing ornate stephanos, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; grasshopper above, AP monogram below chin, KPΩMNA to right. RG –; HGC 7, 369; SNG von Aulock –; SNG BM Black Sea 1327; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 2651. Near EF, toned. Rare issue with grasshopper.
Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 229; Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 1335.