149, Lot: 25. Estimate $100. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Aigospotamoi. Circa 300 BC. Æ 19mm (8.19 g). Head of Demeter left, wearing triple-pendant earring, necklace and stephanos decorated with a laurel wreath and vine / Goat standing left. SNG Copenhagen 850. VF, green patina.
Aigospotamoi was the scene of the Athenian naval defeat by Sparta under Lysander at the end of the Peloponnesian War.