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CYCLADES, Paros. Circa 500-497/5 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 6.04 g). Goat kneeling right, head left; branch before head(?) / Quadripartite incuse square, diagonally divided. Sheedy Class C, Group 1, 57a (O37/R42) = Vermule 117 = Lederer, Neue (this coin); HGC 6, 650 (this coin illustrated). Old collection tone. Good VF.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Elisabeth Washburn King Collection, gifted to Bryn Mawr College, 1951 (Christie’s New York, 11 December 1992), lot 717; 1936 Paros Hoard (IGCH 13).
Sheedy characterized the element before the goat head as a “small flaw,” but under magnification it clearly appears to be a branch.
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