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Lot 22. Kritothe AE22, facing Demeter, extremely rare
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, December 16th, 19:11:00 CET)
Current time: Tuesday, May 6th, 10:34:38 CEST
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CHF 185.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 197.95 / USD 224.45 / GBP 168.50
Bid history
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CHF 185.00
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2012-12-16, 18:56:12
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CHF 185.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2012-12-16, 19:10:53
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 2
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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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