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AE 18

SHH 6841

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5.25 g   17.2-19.0 mm   2.3 eqmm   12:00 o'clock   VF   centering - / - σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 6.1 rev 6.2 MS/m Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Cybele enthroned left, holding patera and sceptre; downward ΣΑ / ΜΟ to left, ΑΡΙΦΑΝ to right. ? BMC Thrace 2/5 variant (after Alexander the Great); Copenhagen II 993/1001 variant (ca. 280 BC); HGC 321 (2nd-early 1st c. BC) Ex Savoca Coins Blue 17/176, 1.3.2019