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Argolis, Epidauros ca. 250-240 BC, AR Hemidrachm
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Laureate head of Asklepios left, E behind.
EΠ monogram within wreath.
HGC 5, 729; Requier Monnayage Series 3 [2], 183 (this coin) dies D1/R3; BCD Peloponnesos 1242 (same dies).
(15 mm, 1.98 g, 10h).
Gorny & Mosch 225, 15 Oct. 2014, 1494; ex- Kricheldorf 39, Feb. 1987, 62; ex-1979/80 Epidauros Hoard (CH VII, 69).
Struck on the reduced weight standard introduced around 250 BC. From the same dies as the following example (Requier 202) on which the E of the obverse has been re-cut to a Θ.
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