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43 CRETE. Gortyna. Stater circa 330-270 BC. 11,63 g. Europa seated right within tree branches // Bull
standing right, head reverted. Le Ridier, Monnaies crétoises, 14b (this specimen).
Rare. Pierced, otherwise attractive piece in good very fine with charming toning 1.000.-
Provenance: Collection Photiadis Pacha (died 1892), Governor of Crete, Auction M.H. Hoffmann, Paris (France),
19 May 1890, lot n°1273 (non illustrated); illustrated in the corpus of Le Rider (1966).

44 ACARNANIA. Argos Amphilochikon. Stater circa 340-300 BC. 8,63 g. Pegasus flying left; below, A //
Helmeted head of Athena left. BCD Akarnania 132; SNG Copenhagen 309.
Charming portrait with sharp details. Extremely fine 500.-
Provenance: Fixed Prices List SKA-Monetarium 47, Zurich (Switzerland), Spring 1987, lot n°29.

45 ARGOLIS. Argos. Tetrobol circa 260s-250s BC. 2,62 g. Forepart of wolf left // Large A; eagle right below.
BCD Peloponnesos 1109; BMC 61. Extremely fine 200.-
Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 252, Lucerne (Switzerland), 24 May 1982, lot n°59.

ASIA.

46 MYSIA. PERGAMUM. Tetradrachm circa 104 - 98 BC. 12,22 g. Cista mystica from which snake coils;
around, ivy wreath with fruits // Two snakes coiled around a bow case; between the snake heads, KT; to
left, monogram; to right, thyrsos entwined by a serpent. Kleiner 38; SNG Paris 1741.
Attractive specimen. Choice uncirculated 250.-
Provenance: privetely purchased from SKA-Monetarium in Zurich (Switzerland) in 1986.

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