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Lot 22. Kritothe AE22, facing Demeter, extremely rare

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Kritothe AE22, facing Demeter, extremely rare

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Bidding closed (Sunday, December 16th, 19:11:00 CET)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 00:56:45 CET

Price realised: CHF 185.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 198.73 / USD 207.03 / GBP 165.22

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #11, Lot 22. Estimate: CHF 200.00

Krithote, Thrace. AE22 (6.32 g), c. 350-300 BC.
Obv. Head of Demeter, hair in korymbos, facing slightly right.
Rev. KPIΘO-ΣIΩN around barley grain; all within wreath.
BMC 1; SNG Cop. 886 var. (head left).

Extremely rare. Beautiful dark green patina. Good fine.

Krithote was a small and unimportant town founded by Miltiades of Athens on the Thracian Chersonesos. Strabon reports that it lay in ruins in Roman time. The city minted only a few bronze coins in the second half of the 4th Century.



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