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Lot 51. Methana, as Arsinoe, AE Trichalkon

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Methana, as Arsinoe, AE Trichalkon

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Bidding closed (Sunday, December 18th, 19:25:30 CET)
Current time: Monday, May 5th, 18:10:50 CEST

Price realised: CHF 360.00 (13 bids)
Approx. EUR 385.00 / USD 435.58 / GBP 327.98

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #54, Lot 51. Estimate: CHF 75.00

Methana, Argolis. As Arsinoe. AE Trichalkon (19 mm, 4.67 g), c. 221-203 BC.
Obv. Head of Arsinoe to right.
Rev. A-[P]/Σ-I, nude warrior standing right, wearing helmet and holding spear with his right hand and resting left on shield.
BMC -. Gill 2.A. BCD 1331.3 (this coin).

Extremely rare and highly interesting. Good fine.

From the BCD Collection, LHS 96 (2006), 1331.3.

The city of Methana was renamed Arsinoe when it served as a Ptolemaic naval base in the 3rd and 2nd Century BC.



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