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A holed bronze coin from Mesembria in Thrace showing a female head and Athena Alkidemos Coin Type: Bronze AE20 from Mesembria in Thrace.
Mint and Date: Mesembria, 3rd-2nd century BCE.
Size and Weight: 20mm (omitting holed area), 5.48g
Obverse: Diademed female head right
Reverse: METAM / BPIANΩN
Athena Alkidemos advancing left brandishing spear and holding shield.
Provenance: saxbys-coins (eBay), September 2009
Ref: GCV 1676; SNG Cop 661.
BW Ref: 001 042 145
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