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A silver hemidrachm from Lamia showing the head of Dionysos and a krater Coin Type: Silver hemidrachm of Lamia
Mint and Date: Lamia, 400-334 BCE.
Size and Weight: 6.5mm, 0.82g
Obverse: Head of young Dionysos left, wreathed with ivy.
Reverse: ΛAMIE-ΩN
Volute krater, prochous to lower right, ivy-leaf of Dionysos above.
Provenance: Forum Ancient Coins, July 2008
Ref: GCV 2097; SNG Copenhagen 77
BW Ref: 001 038 133
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