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Auction: 20154 - Spink Numismatic Circular 5 - Part 2 - The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins and Other Properties
Lot: 1891

(x) Illyria, Apollonia (200-80 BC), AR Drachm, 2.94g, 10h, Agias (Moneyer) and Epikadou (Magistrate), cow butting left, head backturned towards suckling calf, AGIAS above, rev. 'Gardens of King Alkinous' - quadrilobe containing double stellate pattern, AO EI KA OY around (BMC 15; SNG [Copenhagen] 383; SNG [Tübingen], 1289; Maier 38), fine

Provenance
The Peter Stagnetto Collection of Ancient Coins



The reverse of this coin is thought by some academics as a stylistic depiction of the gardens of King Alkinous, which, according to the legend, were located on the island Korkyra (Corfu). The gardens were mentioned in a song in Homer’s Odyssey.

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£10