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                 |  | Lot 36. Korone AR Hemidrachm, ex Weber and BCD collections
    eAuction #11, Lot 36. Estimate: CHF 650.00
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              (Sunday, December 16th, 19:18:00 CET) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 14:11:58 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 600.00 (2 bids) Approx. EUR 646.25 / USD 747.77 / GBP 569.05
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 600.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2012-12-16, 19:17:42 |  
                                            | CHF 550.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2012-12-16, 11:16:09 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 2 |  |  
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 Korone, Messenia. AR Hemidrachm (13-15 mm, 2.49 g), c. first half of 1st Century BC.
 Obv. Helmeted head of Athena right.
 Rev. Bunch of grapes between K-OP; all within ivy wreath.
 BMC 1-2. Grandjean pl. XXVI, 2. Weber 4136 (this coin).
 
 Very rare. Toned, struck from worn dies. Very fine.
 
 From the Sir Hermann Weber (acquired from P. Margaritis in 1888) and BCD collections; ex Auctiones 18 (1989), 708 and LHS 96 (2006), 782.
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