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A bronze coin of Skepsis showing a Pegasosrhyton and a fir tree Coin Type: Bronze AE19 of Skepsis in Troas.
Mint and Date: Skepsis, 350-310 BCE.
Size and Weight: 19mm, 6.80g.
Obverse: A Pegasosrhyton right.
Reverse: Fir tree within linear rectangle. In the lower half of the design, a lion's head facing right to the left of the rectangle.
Σ K to either side of trunk, and H to the right of the rectangle.
Ref: GCV 4136 var; SNG München 326 var; SNG Copenhagen 473 var; SNG von Aulock 7650 var. In all cases there is a diferent symbol on the reverse.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), April 2010
BW Ref: 004 049 158
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