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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Mesembria| > GB75131
Mesembria, Thrace, 300 - 250 B.C.
|Mesembria|, |Mesembria,| |Thrace,| |300| |-| |250| |B.C.|, The wheel on the reverse is depicted with a degree of perspective, which is unusual on ancient coins.
GB75131. Bronze AE 22, SNG Stancomb 229, SNG Cop 658, SNG BM 276 var. (helmet left), VF, Mesambria (Nesebar, Bulgaria) mint, weight 5.837g, maximum diameter 21.9mm, 300 - 250 B.C.; obverse Thracian helmet with cheek guard right; reverse METAMBPIANΩN (T = archaic Greek letter sampi = ΣΣ), wheel with hub; rare; SOLD










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