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Lesbos Mytilene EL HekteVeiled and wreathed head of Demeter right / Kithara with fillet to right within linear square. Bodenstedt 97; HGC 6, 1023. 2.52g, 9mm, 7h. Demeter's head is very close in style to the federal coinage of Delphi; I don't know who copied from the other :-)
Possibly the 4th known, Bodenstedt lists one in a public collection in Karlsruhe, the other two were sold recently http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=256293 and http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2139192paparoupa
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Athens TetradrachmTetradrachm (AR), 17.05g, 28mm, 6h. Ca. 449-404. Berry 66. Flament pl. 26, 8.
After Minos' suggestion I investigated the deposit in Athena's ear and below the earring. Under 12.5X it seemed to be some kind of waxy deposit rather than horn silver as I thought. Removed with a coctail toothpick under magnification with really smooth moves. I believe this was remains of wax somebody used to protect (?) the coin. I am astonished that previous owner + auction houses didn't try to clean it as it clearly made the coin look a bit odd. All in all, I am even happier with my Athena now.paparoupa
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Athens TetradrachmTetradrachm (AR), 17.05g, 28mm, 6h. Ca. 449-404. Flament pl. IV, 2 (this coin). ex Glendinning, 18-20 April 1955 no383. Waxy deposit in Athena's ear and below the earring was cleaned, see the new photo in my gallery (I initialy believed it was horn silver)paparoupa
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Syracuse TetradrachmTetradrachm c. 430. Slow quadriga with bearded driver to r. Nike flying r. and crowning horses. Rev. SURAKOSIWN head of Arethusa in sakkos, decorated with Maeander design and zig-zag design; wreath on ampyx. Boehringer 642
17,25 gpaparoupa
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