GB93475. Bronze chalkous, Papageorgiadou-Banis Series VIII, p. 29 & pl. 4, 60; SNG Cop 650; BMC Crete p. 90, 12 (Ceos); Mionnet Suppl. IV p. 386, 164; HGC 6 525 (R1), VF, brown tone, light earthen deposits, tight flan cutting off ethnic, Ioulis (Kea, Greece) mint, weight 1.370g, maximum diameter 11.4mm, die axis 180
o, late 3rd - early 2nd century B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse forepart of hound (Sirius the Dog Star) left with rays above, IOY below, slightly concave; from the Errett Bishop Collection; only two sales of this type recorded on Coin Archives for the last two decades, this is the first specimen of this type handled by FORVM;
very rare;
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